María Benita Murillo

@article{Azuara2013,

title = {Study of catalytic post-treatment of the vapours from sewage sludge pyrolysis by means of $gamma$-Al2O3},

author = {Manuel Azuara and Isabel Fonts and P Barcelona and María Benita Murillo and Gloria Gea},

url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236113001051},

issn = {00162361},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-05-01},

journal = {Fuel},

volume = {107},

pages = {113--121},

abstract = {The present work describes an experimental study on sewage sludge pyrolysis in a Fluidised Bed Reactor (FluBR) and the effect on the pyrolysis liquid product of passing the hot exhaust (pyrolysis) vapours through a Fixed Bed Reactor (FixBR) filled with gamma-alumina ($gamma$-Al2O3). Experiments have been done at temperatures of 450 and 550°C (FluBR) and 400 and 500°C (FixBR). In the FixBR experiments, the bed was filled with inert sand and two different bed quantities of $gamma$-Al2O3 (97.3g, 194.6g) giving a weight hour space velocity (WHSV) of between 0.6 and 1.8h−1. By means of this treatment, the pyrolysis liquid phase separation was improved, obtaining a liquid with two phases (organic and aqueous) instead of the three (two organic and an aqueous phase) usually obtained in sewage sludge pyrolysis without applying $gamma$-Al2O3. This organic phase is quite interesting from the point of view of a possible application as bio-oil. Although the product distribution results using $gamma$-Al2O3 show a slight liquid yield decrease for both temperatures (compared to sewage sludge pyrolysis without applying $gamma$-Al2O3), there is a clear increase in the organic phase yield at 450°C. Therefore, $gamma$-Al2O3 application makes it possible to lower the pyrolysis temperature in order to maximise the organic phase in the sewage sludge pyrolysis liquid. Furthermore, a general improvement in the higher heating value of the organic phases has been achieved.},

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@article{Gil-Lalaguna2010,

title = {Reduction of water content in sewage sludge pyrolysis liquid by selective online condensation of the vapors},

author = {Noemí Gil-Lalaguna and Isabel Fonts and Gloria Gea and María Benita Murillo and Luisa Lázaro},

url = {https://pubs.acs.org/sharingguidelines},

doi = {10.1021/ef101024j},

issn = {08870624},

year  = {2010},

date = {2010-12-01},

journal = {Energy and Fuels},

volume = {24},

number = {12},

pages = {6555--6564},

publisher = {American Chemical Society},

abstract = {A selective online condensation system, including a scrubber and an electrostatic precipitator, has been tested in a lab-scale fluidized bed pyrolysis plant with the aim of reducing the water content of the pyrolysis liquid obtained from sewage sludge. Water and triethylene glycol at different temperatures were tested as washing liquids in the scrubber. The pyrolysis liquids collected with this liquid recovery system showed lower water contents (13-30 wt %) than those collected with a previous system (48 wt %) consisting of two condensers and an electrostatic precipitator. In spite of these significant reductions in the water contents, the liquids obtained still separated into three phases (light organic, heavy organic, and aqueous). The properties and yields of these phases were also affected by the operational conditions used in the scrubber. The aqueous phase was the most affected because the compounds present in this phase are those with greater affinity for the polar washing liquid used in the scrubber. The properties of the organic phases were less affected by the condensation system, although it is of interest that when using triethylene glycol at 80 °C as washing liquid, the yield to the light organic phase was increased by about 41% compared to the previous system without affecting its good properties as fuel. textcopyright 2010 American Chemical Society.},

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@article{Aznar2009,

title = {Experimental study examining the evolution of nitrogen compounds during the gasification of dried sewage sludge},

author = {María Aznar and Marta San Anselmo and Joan Josep Manyà and María Benita Murillo},

url = {https://pubs.acs.org/sharingguidelines},

doi = {10.1021/ef801108s},

issn = {08870624},

year  = {2009},

date = {2009-06-01},

journal = {Energy and Fuels},

volume = {23},

number = {6},

pages = {3236--3245},

publisher = {American Chemical Society},

abstract = {Gasification of dried sewage sludge, which contains a high percentage of nitrogen, was experimentally studied to determine the effects of some operational parameters, such as freeboard temperature and equivalence ratio, on the partitioning of the fuel nitrogen among nitrogenous species. Experiments were performed using a bench-scale fluidized-bed gasifier and according to a well-specified procedure implemented to recover and quantify the nitrogen compounds. A mixture of argon and oxygen in similar proportions to air was used as a gasification agent in order to correctly quantify the N2 produced in the gasification process in an experimental way. Important findings of this research include the following: applying the analytical procedure developed in this work, a reasonably good inventory of nitrogen in the gasification products was obtained (mass balance closures near to 100%); most of the nitrogen goes to form gaseous products, N2 being the main gaseous nitrogen-containing product obtained; concentrations of N2, NH3, and N-tar in the producer gas strongly depend on the freeboard temperature, an increase of which causes an important decrease of both NH 3 and N-tar contents and a substantial increase of the N2 amount. textcopyright 2009 American Chemical Society.},

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@article{Fonts2009b,

title = {Gas chromatography study of sewage sludge pyrolysis liquids obtained at different operational conditions in a fluidized bed},

author = {Isabel Fonts and Manuel Azuara and Luisa Lázaro and Gloria Gea and María Benita Murillo},

url = {https://pubs.acs.org/sharingguidelines},

doi = {10.1021/ie900421a},

issn = {08885885},

year  = {2009},

date = {2009-06-01},

journal = {Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research},

volume = {48},

number = {12},

pages = {5907--5915},

publisher = {American Chemical Society},

abstract = {Sewage sludge was pyrolyzed in a fluidized bed under different operational conditions with the aim of studying the influence of some operational conditions on the composition of the liquid product. These operational conditions were bed temperature (450-650 ?C), inlet nitrogen rate (nitrogen flow per bed surface unit 0.057-0.090 m s-1), and solid feed rate per bed volumetric unit (0.169-0.338 kg s-1 m-3). The composition of the pyrolysis liquids obtained was analyzed by means of GC-MS and GC-FID. Different families of compounds appeared in the liquid samples obtained under the different conditions studied: aliphatic, aromatic, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; oxygen-containing aliphatic and aromatic compounds; nitrogencontaining aliphatic and aromatic compounds; steroids; chlorine-containing compounds; and sulfur-containing compounds. The composition of the liquids varied qualitatively with the temperature and quantitatively with the three operational parameters studied, with the temperature being the most influential variable. The liquids obtained at 450 ?C contained oxygen-containing aliphatic compounds > steroids > aliphatic hydrocarbons > nitrogen-containing aliphatic compounds. The compounds found in the liquids obtained at 550 ?C were quite similar to those obtained at 450 ?C, although their proportions were different: steroids > aliphatic hydrocarbons > oxygen-containing aliphatic compounds > nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds. The composition of the liquids obtained at 650 ?C varied considerably, and the most abundant compound groups were nitrogencontaining aromatic compounds > polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons > aromatic hydrocarbons. textcopyright2009 American Chemical Society.},

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@article{Fonts2009c,

title = {Study of the pyrolysis liquids obtained from different sewage sludge},

author = {Isabel Fonts and Manuel Azuara and Gloria Gea and María Benita Murillo},

doi = {10.1016/j.jaap.2008.11.003},

issn = {01652370},

year  = {2009},

date = {2009-05-01},

journal = {Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis},

volume = {85},

number = {1-2},

pages = {184--191},

publisher = {Elsevier},

abstract = {Pyrolysis of sewage sludge in fluidized bed to produce bio-oil is under study as a useful way to valorise this waste. Sewage sludge is the waste produced in the wastewater treatment plants. Its composition may change due to the origin and to the non-standardized treatments in the wastewater treatment plants. The pyrolysis of three samples of anaerobically digested sewage sludge obtained from three different urban wastewater treatment plants was studied in this work. The organic and inorganic matter composition, and the volatile and ash content of these sewage sludge samples were different. The influence of these parameters on the pyrolysis product distribution and on some characteristics of these products was studied. It was determined that the ash content of the raw material had an enormous influence on the sewage sludge pyrolysis. An increase in the ash content of the sewage sludge caused an increase in the gas yield and a decrease in the liquid and the solid yield with the operational conditions studied. The increase of the volatile content of the sewage sludge samples caused an increase in the liquid yield. The H2 proportion was the most influenced non-condensable gas. It increased significantly with the ash content. The viscosity of the pyrolysis oils decreased when the ash content augmented. On the other hand, the water content depended on the organic composition of the sewage sludge samples. The chemical composition of the pyrolysis oils was also affected by the sewage sludge ash content above all the proportion of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds. These compound groups increased with the augment of the sewage sludge ash content. The oxygen-containing aliphatic compounds and the steroids decreased with the ash content, although its proportion in the sewage sludge liquid was also influenced by the organic matter composition of the sewage sludge samples. textcopyright 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},

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