Adolfo Le Pera

Dr. Adolfo Le Pera

Calabra Maceri e Servizi s.p.a., Rende, Italy
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Academic Career Length

26Years (2001-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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26 March 2022 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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APAdolfo Le Pera
Adolfo Le Pera
MSMiriam Sellaro
Miriam Sellaro
EBEgidio Bencivenni
Egidio Bencivenni

22 November 2022 in Molecules
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Michela AlfèMichela Alfè
Michela Alfè
VALENTINA GARGIULOVALENTINA GARGIULO
VALENTINA GARGIULO
MPMichele Porto
Michele Porto
RMRenata Migliaccio
Renata Migliaccio
APAdolfo Le Pera
Adolfo Le Pera
Giovanna RuoppoloGiovanna Ruoppolo
Giovanna Ruoppolo
Refuse-Derived Fuels (RDFs) are segregated forms of wastes obtained by a combined mechanical–biological processing of municipal solid wastes (MSWs). The narrower characteristics, e.g., high calorific value (18–24 MJ/kg), low moisture content (3–6%) and high volatile (77–84%) and carbon (47–56%) contents, make RDFs more suitable than MSWs for thermochemical valorization purposes. As a matter of fact, EU regulations encourage the use of RDF as a source of energy in the frameworks of sustainability and the circular economy. Pyrolysis and gasification are promising thermochemical processes for RDF treatment, since, compared to incineration, they ensure an increase in energy recovery efficiency, a reduction of pollutant emissions and the production of value-added products as chemical platforms or fuels. Despite the growing interest towards RDFs as feedstock, the literature on the thermochemical treatment of RDFs under pyrolysis and gasification conditions still appears to be limited. In this work, results on pyrolysis and gasification tests on a real RDF are reported and coupled with a detailed characterization of the gaseous, condensable and solid products. Pyrolysis tests have been performed in a tubular reactor up to three different final temperatures (550, 650 and 750 °C) while an air gasification test at 850 °C has been performed in a fluidized bed reactor using sand as the bed material. The results of the two thermochemical processes are analyzed in terms of yield, characteristics and quality of the products to highlight how the two thermochemical conversion processes can be used to accomplish waste-to-materials and waste-to-energy targets. The RDF gasification process leads to the production of a syngas with a H2/CO ratio of 0.51 and a tar concentration of 3.15 g/m3.

1 February 2005 in Journal of Chromatography A
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Maria Luisa Di GioiaMaria Luisa Di Gioia
Maria Luisa Di Gioia
ALAntonella Leggio
Antonella Leggio
APAdolfo Le Pera
Adolfo Le Pera
ALAngelo Liguori
Angelo Liguori
ANAnna Napoli
Anna Napoli
CSCarlo Siciliano
Carlo Siciliano

7 January 2022 in Waste Management
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APAdolfo Le Pera
Adolfo Le Pera
APAdolfo Le Pera
Adolfo Le Pera
EBEgidio Bencivenni
Egidio Bencivenni
FDFrancesco D'AMico
Francesco D'AMico

26 August 2003 in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
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Maria Luisa Di GioiaMaria Luisa Di Gioia
Maria Luisa Di Gioia
ALAntonella Leggio
Antonella Leggio
APAdolfo Le Pera
Adolfo Le Pera
ALAngelo Liguori
Angelo Liguori
ANAnna Napoli
Anna Napoli
GSGiovanni Sindona
Giovanni Sindona

1 June 2006 in Tetrahedron
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APAdolfo Le Pera
Adolfo Le Pera
ALAntonella Leggio
Antonella Leggio
ALAngelo Liguori
Angelo Liguori