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Assessment of the Thermal Processing Behavior of Tobacco Waste Vladimir Strezov,*,† Emilija Popovic,‡ Risto V. Filkoski,‡ Pushan Shah,†,§ and Tim Evans† †
Graduate School of the Environment, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University Sts Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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ABSTRACT: Pyrolysis of tobacco waste can provide an effective management option, as it produces biogas and bio-oils, which can be subsequently applied for energy recovery, and biochar, which can be used for carbon sequestration when stored in soils. This work assesses the pyrolysis behavior of tobacco waste and reveals four stage pyrolysis mechanism consisting of dehydration (
