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Performance evaluation on the chemical looping combustion of the chromium-containing leather waste and the fate of chromium using thermodynamic analysis

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  • Wang, Xudong
  • Wang, Rongjuan
  • Shao, Yali
  • Jin, Baosheng

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Leather waste (LW) consistently contains a high content of chromium (Cr), which significantly limits its utilization due to the toxicity of hexavalent chromium formed through oxidation. To prevent this oxidation, chemical looping combustion (CLC) is employed to dispose of the chromium-rich LW. First, the gaseous and solid pollutants generated during air combustion and CLC are compared when LW is used as fuel. The results indicate that CLC is an effective way to significantly decrease the oxidation of chromium (Cr(VI)/Crtotal) at typical operating temperatures. Subsequently, various operating parameters, namely the equivalence ratio of oxygen carrier to leather waste (αOC/LW), the equivalence ratio of steam to leather waste (αS/LW), and air reactor (AR) temperature, are changed to investigate their effects on the CLC combustion and pollutant behaviors. The findings reveal that no chromium is oxidized in the fuel reactor. The oxidation in AR is associated with the presence of Na in the AR, which can react with chromium to form Na2CrO4. Increasing αOC/LW from 0.8 to 1.2 reduces the oxidation of chromium in the AR from 11.68 % to 1.76 %, while increasing αS/LW from 0.2 to 1.6 has the opposite effect, improving the oxidation of chromium in the AR from 3.16 % to 5.18 %.

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  • Wang, Xudong & Wang, Rongjuan & Shao, Yali & Jin, Baosheng, 2025. "Performance evaluation on the chemical looping combustion of the chromium-containing leather waste and the fate of chromium using thermodynamic analysis," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 315(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:315:y:2025:i:c:s0360544224035886
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.133810
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