Title:
Comparison Between VOCs Emitted from Orange with and without Peel and Development of a Emission Abatement System
Author(s):
Paris, E., Carnevale, M., Palma, A., Vincenti, B., Assirelli, A., Paolini, V., Guerriero, E., Plescia, P., Tonolo, A., Di Stefano, V., Gallucci, F.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
VOC (volatile organic compounds) are the compounds that define the odorous characteristics of fruit, vegetables and more generally of any food. In this work we have chosen to use self-produced ACF adsorbent tubes, a versatile and innovative material, to sample the VOC emitted by an orange with and without peel. It is observed that the orange without peel emits a large amount of VOC, however the peel blocks the vast majority and the aromatic profile of the fruit is due exclusively to the VOC emitted by the peel itself. This makes it possible to state that the orange peel can be considered a natural membrane for the abatement of VOC. The orange peel represents one of the main wastes of the agro-food industry and there are in fact several studies in the literature that show the use of orange peels as a system of abatement of pollutants, mainly in aqueous matrices [1,2,3,4,5]. For the first time in this work, the effects of pollutant abatement were assessed by simulating an energy conversion process using a TGA system at the end of which the analytes emitted by tubes for thermal desorption were sampled, in the presence and absence of a filter in orange peel.
Keywords:
orange peel, waste, air pollution, VOC, abatement system
Topic:
Bioeconomy Sustainability, Impacts and Policies
Subtopic:
Environmental impacts
Event:
28th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
4AV.2.6
Pages:
822 - 825
ISBN:
978-88-89407-20-2
Paper DOI:
10.5071/28thEUBCE2020-4AV.2.6
Price:
FREE
