APPLICATION OF PEAT FROM DEPOSITS OF POLTAVA REGION AS A COMPONENT OF COMPOSITE FUEL BASED ON COMBUSTIBLE FRACTIONS OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE

Abstract

The article is devoted to solving one of the most important and modern tasks for Ukraine – achieving energy independence by replacing traditional non-renewable natural resources with alternative ones. Since there is a constant increase in the volume of household waste generation in the Poltava region and the predominant use of technologies for its disposal, which leads to a further increase in the number of unauthorized landfills, littering significant areas of land and increasing emissions of pollutants into various components of the environment, it is advisable to use potentially significant volumes of resource-valuable materials as secondary raw materials and a source of energy. It has been established that there are sufficient reserves of peat deposits in the Poltava region, so it should be used as an alternative type of fuel. The work of scientists who have revealed the issue of developing a technology for the production of composite solid fuel, in particular with peat, using the latter as a binding element, is analyzed. From the analysis of literary sources, it was found that the chemical composition of peat determines the adsorption ability to absorb various substances from gases and liquids, in particular gases, vapors, ions or dissolved organic/ inorganic compounds, i.e. during combustion, the amount of smoke, soot, as well as emissions of heavy metals and organochlorine compounds, which are characteristic of individual components of household waste (for example, plastic), is reduced. The purpose of this work is to use peat from deposits in the Poltava region as a component of composite fuel based on combustible fractions of household waste. The creation of such a mixture will provide a decrease in ash content, optimization of humidity, improvement of energy density and reduction of emissions of harmful substances, allowing to achieve optimal energy, economic and environmental indicators.