{"paper_id":"4a6c0846-76d8-4817-ad9c-6445d4e65b3f","body_text":"Scalable Production of Bio-Calcium Oxide via Thermal Decomposition of Solid - Hatchery Waste in a Laboratory-Scale Rotary Kiln | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Scalable Production of Bio-Calcium Oxide via Thermal Decomposition of Solid - Hatchery Waste in a Laboratory-Scale Rotary Kiln Suwanan Chuakham, Ajchara I. Putkham, Yuwadee Chaiyachet, Arnusorn Saengprajak, and 3 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4714533/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 05 Jan, 2025 Read the published version in Scientific Reports → Version 1 posted 12 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Chicken eggshell waste is an alternative renewable source for quicklime production. Eggshell waste has received significant attention from researchers due to it being a potential source of bio-CaO, which not only drives the circular economy concept but also supports sustainable development. However, experiments on the production of bio-CaO are normally conducted in a small lab-scale furnace. Furthermore, the eggshell raw material is collected from canteens or households, which is not suitable for economical or industrial production. Therefore, this study investigated the factors affecting the bio-CaO production from hatchery waste via both batch and continuous calcination process in a laboratory-scale rotary kiln for the first time. The eggshells were first separated from the solid hatchery waste. Then, the effect of preparation methods of raw eggshells on the properties of bio-CaO was investigated, e.g., eggshells with and without membrane separation, various particle sizes, and with an increase of the percent raw material filling in the kiln from 5–20%. Calcination of the samples was performed in a rotary kiln at 800°C with a 0.5 RPM rotating speed and a 5° inclination of the kiln. The effects of the calcination process in either an air or N 2 atmosphere on the calcined product were also observed. Instrumental analysis shows that the production yield and purity of bio-CaO were in the range of 49–56 wt% and 97–98%, respectively. The results also indicated that the production yield of bio-CaO decreased to 17.7% with a decrease in the raw material particle size from 3.3 mm to 250 µm. Moreover, the production of bio-CaO with eggshells containing eggshell membrane decreases the purity of calcium oxide by about 0.7–1.0%. In addition, further increasing the filling volume of the kiln from 5–20% had only a slight effect on the purity and yield of the product. These results imply that it is not necessary to remove the eggshell membrane from the raw eggshells in order to produce industrial-grade CaO from the raw eggshell. These new findings can likely be used to develop an alternative process design to reduce the manufacturing cost of bio-CaO produced from hatchery waste. Furthermore, this present study reveals that the specifications of the obtained bio-CaO comply with both Thai industrial standards and international food additive standards. Physical sciences/Chemistry/Green chemistry Physical sciences/Chemistry/Green chemistry/Sustainability Physical sciences/Chemistry/Materials chemistry Physical sciences/Chemistry/Synthesis Physical sciences/Materials science/Materials for energy and catalysis/Porous materials Physical sciences/Materials science/Structural materials/Ceramics Circular economy Waste Utilization Renewable materials Eggshell catalyst Figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 INTRODUCTION Calcium oxide or quicklime is one of the most versatile chemicals used in both research and industrial applications e.g., industrial catalyst/filler, food/cosmetic additive, medical treatment, carbon dioxide capture, and environmental remediation. 1 – 4 The process of quicklime production is associated not only with exploitation of geo-resources but also involves both local and global scale environmental impact such as emissions of large quantities of both fine particle dust and CO 2 . More importantly, the world production of quicklime is responsible for around 8% of global anthropogenic CO 2 emissions. 5 Shan et al. reported that 69% of CO 2 emission from Chinese industrial sector is related to lime production. 6 Life cycle analysis indicated that limestone quarterly process in Thailand includes basting, transportation, and crushing/grinding and emits about 3.13 kg CO 2 eq. per ton of limestone rock product. 7 As a result, research aimed at finding sustainable raw materials for partial or total substitution of natural lime application has been reported using various starting materials. (e.g., seashells, avian eggshells, and waste containing calcium oxide). 8 – 9 Among these alternative raw materials, chicken eggshells have attracted considerable attention. This is likely because 1) high purity calcium oxide can be obtained at a calcination temperature of 800 °C, which is lower than for other shells 10 – 12 , and 2) chicken eggshell waste is a cheap alternative. Furthermore the significant daily consumption of the eggs makes eggshell waste available in domestic sector e.g. household, canteen, and restaurant. 13 However, one major obstacle to the progression of industrial production of calcium oxide from eggshells is the daily collection of the eggshell waste from each household and canteen to a recovery facility, which can potentially lead to high operating costs of the industrial production. Alternatively, the in-situ production of bio-calcium oxide derived from chicken hatchery industry is possibly a more practical approach. In Thailand, a chicken hatchery farm normally generates solid hatchery waste in the range of 0.5-2.0 tons per day. 11 , 14 In addition, the potential amount of solid hatchery waste produced in Thailand is approximately about 876,000 ton per year. This solid hatchery waste is comprised from eggshells, eggshell membrane, dead chickens, and a viscous liquid from eggs and decaying tissue. The solid hatchery waste is usually disposed into landfills and causes both environmental impact and conflict with surrounding communities. Thus, valorization of hatchery eggshell waste is a priority for achieving circular economy while simultaneously reducing industrial production costs. Furthermore, recycling of hatchery eggshell waste as a calcium oxide can also reduce the risk of microbiological contamination in the environment. 14 Chicken eggshell is composed from calcium carbonate (94%-97%) while the remainder is organic matter and trace elements. The densities of the eggshell and outer eggshell membrane have been reported in the range of 2.01–2.62 g/cm 3 and of 1.36 g/cm 3 , respectively. 15 – 16 These variations of the amount of calcium carbonate and density of the eggshell may depend on the species and age of the chicken as well as on the supplied food. 17 Our preliminary study showed that direct substitution of hatchery eggshell waste for natural lime stone in cement production process leads to detrimental effect on the cement product. 18 This indicates that high purity bio-calcium oxide derived from eggshell is required for some production processes. Production of eggshell derived calcium oxide depends on two main processes which are 1) pretreatment process and 2) conversion process. The objective of the pretreatment process is to remove all impurity materials adhered to the eggshell waste, e.g., dirt and eggshell membrane, and possibly to result in size reduction. Household eggshell waste is normally treated by washing with tap water followed by drying. Then, the membrane is removed by hand. However, several researchers proposed that there are three feasible industrial production techniques for membrane removal. The first possibility is heat treatment at the temperature in the range of 300–500 °C. 12 , 19 The second option is chemical treatment by reagents such as EDTA, chlorine, and hydrochloric or acetic acid. 20 – 23 The third separation technique is related to physical processes such as floatation or using a centrifugal separator. There are also different approaches for the conversion process. For example, special property eggshell calcium oxide such as nano-calcium oxide can be produced by chemical precipitation, ball milling, or sol-gel techniques. 24 Normally, thermal conversion is the conventional technique used for decomposing the eggshells to calcium oxide and carbon dioxide. Nevertheless, thermal conversion technique has some advantages such as no chemicals are being used in the process and less waste management is needed. As mentioned earlier, calcination of eggshells at 800 °C for 1 hour is adequate for obtaining calcium oxide with purity in the range of 97–98%. However, extending calcination time beyond 1 hour can probably result in the decrease of both surface area and pore size of calcium oxide. 25 It should also be noted that research works involving eggshell calcination are usually done using a small bench top muffle furnace or a large volume muffle furnace. However, these muffle furnaces have some disadvantages. For example, a muffle furnace is conventionally run in a batch operation and there is no mixing or agitation mechanism in the furnace. This can potentially lead to insufficient heat induction and convection for completing the thermal decomposition of a large amount of eggshell waste. Putkham et al. 26 reported that calcination of a large amount of eggshell waste in an industrial car-bottom furnace is not efficient for completely converting the eggshells to calcium oxide. This is probably due to the batch operation in the car bottom furnace not being able to provide uniform heating to the whole amount of eggshell waste. Thus, a furnace with a mixing mechanism or equipment is required. Rotary kilns have been commercialized for decades, especially in cement production, incineration of hazardous wastes, and for biomass pyrolysis. In contrast to other types of furnaces, the rotary kiln offers some unique advantages over the muffle furnace or car bottom furnace. For example, the slow rotational speed of the inclined kiln enables thorough mixing of raw materials. Also, the residence time of raw materials can be easily adjusted to provide the optimum conditions for the thermal reaction. Additionally, various shapes and sizes of the raw material can be fed into a rotary kiln either in batches or continuously. 27 – 28 However, a thorough search of the relevant literature yielded only one related article on the performance of rotary kiln reactors for shell calcination. Barros et al. 9 proposed a comprehensive industrial process for calcination of mussel shell to calcium carbonate using a 17 m long rotary kiln with a 2.5 m inner diameter. The operating calcination conditions were 600°C with 2 rpm and solid resident time of 20–30 min. This process yielded calcium carbonate output of about 70–80% wt of the mussel shell input. Unlike other studies, factors effecting the production of high purity bio-calcium derived from calcination of eggshell waste in a laboratory-scale rotary furnace is reported for the first time in this study. The influence of preparation methods of solid hatchery waste (e.g., particle size, membrane removal), different calcination atmosphere, and material feeding rate on the properties of the calcium oxide product are systematically described. Furthermore, for multipurpose applications of bio-calcium oxide as a filler, the properties of these obtained bio-calcium oxide were compared with both food and industrial standards. EXERIMENTAL SECTION Materials : Hatchery solid waste was collected from a large broiler hatchery farm in Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast of Thailand. This hatchery farm produces around 1.0-1.5 tons of hatchery solid waste daily. An industrial grade quicklime was obtained from Lime Master Co., Ltd., Thailand. Acetic acid (37%) was obtained from RCI Labscan limited. The two commercially available CaO samples, industrial-grade quick lime and laboratory grade, were used as reference materials and for comparison with the eggshell waste derived samples. All commercially available chemicals utilized in this study were used as supplied without any further purification. Preparation of eggshell samples: The following four preparation methods were employed to obtain four different eggshell samples for calcination: 1) Eggshell: ES, 2) Eggshells containing membrane: ESM, 3) Eggshell powder: ESP, and 4) Eggshell powder containing membrane: ESPM. The preparation methods are summarized as follows. Initially, solid hatchery waste produced from the farm was routinely passed through a screw conveyor and manual sorting to separate dead embryos from chicken eggshell waste as shown in Figure 1. Then the separated eggshell waste was thoroughly washed twice with tap water to remove the viscous liquid adhered to the solid hatchery waste. Subsequently, the washed eggshell waste was sundried for 1 day. It should be noted that the eggshell waste must be cleaned to remove the viscous liquid and dried otherwise a highly odorous ammonium compound will be formed during the eggshell calcination process. The sieve analysis revealed that the sundried eggshell waste comprises of both eggshells (95.6 ± 2.2 % wt) and eggshell membranes (4.4 ± 1.3%wt) with an effective particle size of 3.3 mm (D 60 ) and coefficient of uniformity (UC) of 2.64, which means that the sundried eggshell waste has a narrow range of particle sizes. Additionally, this sundried eggshell waste was denoted as eggshells containing membrane (ESM). Combined chemical and mechanical treatments were used for removing the eggshell membrane from the ESM sample and brief description of this combined treatment is as follows. Firstly, 10 kg of the ESM material was impregnated in a 150 liters stainless steel reactor containing 0.1 M acetic acid. The spiral propeller blades in the reactor were operated at 100 rpm for 30 minutes to homogenize the sample in the weakly acidic solution. Then, the acid solution was drained out and the ESM samples were placed in another reactor equipped with an 1 HP aerator. The floating eggshell membranes were drained out while the eggshell waste, which settled at the bottom of the floatation reactor, was collected, and washed with tap water and sundried again for 1 day. This sample was denoted as eggshell (ES). Additionally, both ESM and ES were ground with a Panasonic MX-AC400 grounding machine followed by screening through either a 500-micrometer sieve (No. 35) or a 250-micrometer sieve (No. 60) to obtain the powder of eggshells containing membrane (ESPM) and eggshell (ESP), which are denoted with the suffix 500 or 250 to identify their size (e.g., ESPM 500 and ESPM 250 ). The whole eggshell waste preparation method and photos of the samples after preparation are shown in Figure 2. Calcination of eggshell waste in a Laboratory-Scale Rotary Kiln: Calcination of different samples of eggshell waste (later denoted with the prefix -C e.g., CES) was carried out using a laboratory-scale rotary kiln as shown in Fig. 3. This indirectly heated rotary kiln chamber was made of a quartz tube with an inner diameter of 80 mm and a 100 mm outer diameter. The effective heated length of the reactor was approximately 440 mm, and the overall length was 1.2 m. A set of 6 kW PID- controlled heaters was used to heat the kiln. The temperature inside the kiln chamber is measured directly using a type K- thermocouple. Before calcination, the temperature in the effective heated zone was set to be 800 °C. The calcination was carried out under the atmosphere of either air or N 2 . In this study, both batch and continuous calcination experiment were conducted in order to determine the effect on scalable production of CaO. For the first batch experiment, the eggshell samples prepared by different methods were then fed into the entrance of the rotary kiln with a feeding rate of 0.26 kg/h (5 % of effective volume of the kiln) via a vibrational feeder to determine the effect of the preparation method on the properties of the obtained Bio-CaO products. The residence time of the samples in the rotary kiln was about 1 hour as a result of the 5-degree kiln inclination and 0.5 rpm rotating speed. After ⁓1 hour calcination, calcium oxide products were then mixed and kept for characterization. For the second batch experiment, the same calcination experiment as described above was conducted. However, this time the samples were calcined under N 2 atmosphere instead of the air atmosphere. Abbreviation of the calcined samples obtained under N 2 atmosphere includes the suffix -N 2 . For the continuous calcination experiment, the sample obtained from the optimum preparation method, which was chosen from the first batch experimental setup, was then fed into the kiln with different feeding rate to determine the effect of raw material filling rate into the rotary kiln on the properties of the bio-CaO. The feeding rate was increased from 0.26 kg/h (5 % of the kiln effective volume) to 0.51 kg/h and 1.03 kg/h, which corresponds to 10 % and 20 % of the effective volume of the kiln, respectively. The sample were continuously fed to the kiln for 4 hours. Mixed of the calcined eggshells at the exiting of the kiln were collected from the 1 st to 4 th hour of operating time with the stainless hopper and kept in desiccator before further characterization. Summary of these treatments are shown in Figure 4. Characterization of the samples: The following instruments were employed for the characterization of the eggshell waste and calcined eggshell waste samples. Color of the samples was determined by Konica Minolta Chroma Meter (CR-400). The microstructure of the samples was observed by a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM Thermo Scientific Apreo S). Surface area and porosity analyzer (Tristar II plus) was used for determining surface area, pore volume, and mean pore size of the samples. The crystalline structure of the samples was examined by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD - PW 3040/60 X’PERT PRO Console) using Cu-Ka radiation at 40 kV. The XRD patterns of the samples were recorded with a scanning rate of 2 ° min -1 at 2q angles ranging from 5° to 80 °. The X-ray fluorescence (XRF Bruker S4 Explorer) was used for the analysis of the elemental composition of the samples. Heavy metals contained in the samples were analyzed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS/OES Perkin Avio550). Analysis of loss on ignition, acid insoluble matter, and magnesium and alkali salts were determined using the guidelines of The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). 29-30 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Morphology of the bio-CaO: High resolution field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) images with 10,000X magnification of the obtained bio-CaO prepared using different treatments and calcined at 800°C with 0.5 rpm and with 5% kiln effective volume feeding rate are shown in Figure 5. According to previous studies of the surface structure of the eggshells, decomposition of CaCO 3 to CaO and CO 2 in all samples at 800 °C changed the apparent morphologies of the eggshell surface structure from a smooth surface with some small pores to a porous structure. This is because of the decomposition of CaCO 3 in the eggshell structure to CO 2 and CaO. There is obviously no eggshell membrane left in the calcined samples (CESM and CESP 500 ), which were derived from eggshell waste containing eggshell membrane. This is a result of thermal decomposition of eggshell membrane in the temperature range of 400-600 °C, which is in accordance with previous reports 26 . However, all bio-CaO products obtained from different treatments show similar morphology of CaO particles containing both rod and unsymmetrical particle forms. Size of the bio-CaO particles observed by FS-SEM is in the range of 2-5 μm. In comparison, surface morphology of bio-CaO calcined in the N 2 atmosphere (CES-N 2 and CESM-N 2 ) were less porous than the bio-CaO calcined in the air atmosphere. This is probably due to calcination of eggshell at 800 °C is not enough for completing CaCO 3 decomposition to CaO and CO 2 . Yield and Color of the bio-CaO. The summary of yield and color characteristics of the samples and the bio-CaO products obtained via calcination in air and N 2 atmospheres are shown in Table 1 and Table 2, respectively. Production yield is one of the crucial factors for determining the possibility of a scalable production process. This is because low production yield may lead to high production costs and low beneficial return. As shown in Table 1., the yield of the CaO product obtained from eggshells (CES) and eggshells containing eggshell membrane (CESM) was 54.9% and 51.8%, respectively. In comparison with the previous reports 19 , 29 , thermal decomposition of the eggshells yielded total mass loss in the range of 44 – 51 wt% depending on calcination temperature in the range of 795-1000 °C and calcium carbonate content in the eggshells. Thus, the production yield of calcium oxide was estimated to be about 49-56 wt%, which is similar to this study. Beside this, both calcined products CESP 500 and CESPM 500 derived from the 500 µm powder were obtained with a yield of 44.2% and 41.8 %, respectively. Additionally, the CESP 250 product was obtained in a much lower yield than the samples mentioned earlier. These results show that the calcined samples made from eggshell waste containing eggshell membrane yielded about 2.1-3.8 % less product than samples made after eggshell membrane removal. This corresponds to the thermal decomposition of the membrane during the formation of both the CESM and CESPM 500 products . It should be noted that the large particle size of the raw materials used to produce calcined samples CES resulted in yields that were 10.7 % and 17.7 % higher than for the powder samples CESP 500 and CESP 250 , respectively. This is probably due to formation of calcined powder sample agglomerate, which sticks to the surface of the furnace. This phenomena is similar to the observations made by Valverde et al. 31 , who reported that agglomeration of CaO particles is probably due to natural lime entering directly into the high temperature kiln without preheating or with fast heating rate of the kiln. Overall, it can be clearly seen that both eggshell membranes contained in the sample and size of raw materials play an important role in the production yield of bio-CaO. Furthermore, the CESP 250 sample was not used for further study of the effect of N 2 atmosphere since it gave the lowest yield of the calcined products. The yields of bio-CaO derived from calcination in N 2 atmosphere show a similar trend to the previous calcination treatment in the air atmosphere. The CES-N 2 product, derived from raw materials with large particle size and with eggshell membrane removal, gave the highest calcined production yield (51.81%), as shown in Table 2. The calcined samples CES-N 2 and CESP 500 -N 2 also had the production yield higher than products CESM-N 2 (2.65%) and CESPM 500 -N 2 (2.80%), which were derived from the eggshell membrane containing raw materials. As shown in Table 2, the raw material feeding rate was increased in the next experiment from 5% to 10% and 20 % of the kiln effective volume in order to determine the effect of feeding rate on the calcination product. The experiments CES-10% and CES-20% provided the CaO product in 54.65% and 54.40% yield, respectively. This demonstrates that the yield of bio-CaO did not decrease with the increase of the feeding rate from 5% to 20 %. However, the calcined products CESM-10% and CESM-20%, which were derived from the eggshell membrane containing raw materials, still gave a lower value of production yield than products CES-10% and CES-20%. Color assessment of the bio-CaO is an important property of the filler as it may change the apparent color and could lead to an unpleasant color of the final product. A spectrophotometer (Konica Minolta CR-400) provides the lightness (L*), the red-green coordinate or redness (a*), and the blue-yellow coordinate or yellowness (b*) values of the samples as classified by the Commission International de L’Eclairage (CIE) 32 . The probe of the spectrophotometer was placed on the samples area and the L*, a*, and b* measurements were conducted in triplicate on the same sample. Subsequently, both mean values and standard deviation values were calculated. The mean values of L*, a *, and b* were used to calculate the color index of the eggshell (SCI) which is defined as: , where lower SCI values correspond to a darker color. 33 Apparent color means and standard deviations of the L*, a*, b* parameters, and SCI values of the samples are reported in Table 1. The lightness (L*) values for the obtained bio-CaO calcite fabricated at 800 °C in air atmosphere have the average values in the range of 96.3-97.6. In these samples, the average values of redness (a*) were close to zero, whereas the yellowness (b*) values ranged between 1.2 to 1.4. Additionally, the SCI value of these samples was not significantly different, which indicates that neither eggshell membrane separation nor size of the eggshell raw material had any effect on the lightness color of the obtained bio-CaO. In comparison, very high SCI value of the bio-CaO shows that color of the obtained CaO is whiter than the raw eggshell and industrial grade CaO. This is probably due to the pigments present in the eggshells being completely decomposed at 800 °C. 33 In addition, the white color of the bio-CaO product is comparable to laboratory grade CaO. The eggshells treated with different methods were also calcined at 800 °C under N 2 atmosphere to determine the effect of the inert gas on the properties of bio-CaO. The results show that the average values of a* were in the range of 0.24-0.29, whereas the b* values ranged between 1.2 and 1.4. In addition, the L* values of these samples ranged between 69.5-80.3. This indicates that the obtained bio-CaO samples calcined in an N 2 atmosphere have darker color than bio-CaO samples calcined in air atmosphere. Likewise, the SCI values obtained for bio-CaO calcined in N 2 atmosphere also show similar tends to the L* values. This is probably because the pigments in the eggshells are more completely thermally decomposed in the oxidizing air atmosphere. Furthermore, the color of the CaO derived from the eggshell samples containing eggshell membrane (CESM-N 2 and CESPM 500 -N 2 ) tends to be darker than for the CaO derived from the eggshells alone (CES-N 2 and CESP 500 -N 2 ). It is apparent that soot may form during the decomposition of eggshell membrane and lead to a darker CaO product. In this study, the calcination was performed with the percentage of raw material filling in the kiln set at 10 % and 20 % of kiln effective volume in an air atmosphere in order to determine the scalability of the production of the bio-CaO in the rotary kiln. The L*, a*, b* and SCI values of the corresponding bio-CaO products were also in the range of white color, which is similar to the color values of bio-CaO obtained with calcinations conducted using raw material filling rate of 5 % of the effective kiln volume. However, the SCI value of the CaO derived from the eggshell alone (CES-10% and CES-20%) indicated a slightly whiter color than for the eggshell samples containing eggshell membrane (CESM-10% and CESM-20%). As mentioned earlier, this effect of membrane removal on the color of the obtained calcium oxide is consistent to the bio-CaO derived from calcination of eggshells in the N 2 atmosphere. In summary, the increase of the material filling volume from 5 % to 20% of the kiln effective volume slightly reduced the SCI color index of the bio-CaO product. Surface area and pore volume: The surface area, pore volume, and pore size of a bio-CaO material has a direct impact on its catalytic activity. Adsorption and desorption isotherms of N 2 on the bio-CaO products obtained from various treatments measured at -196 °C are shown in Figure 6 (a) and (b). All isotherms exhibited Type III characteristics according to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) classification scheme and no hysteresis loop is observed in these isotherms. These type III isotherms indicate weak adsorbate-adsorbent interactions and it should be noted that type III isotherms most commonly occur in both non-porous and macroporous adsorbents. 34-35 Surface area, pore volume, and average pore size of bio-CaO products is shown in Table 3. Specific surface areas calculated by the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) 36 method and pore volumes of the bio-CaO products derived from calcination at 800 °C for 1 hr in an air atmosphere with 5 % filling volume of kiln are relatively low and lie in the range of 3.07-6.88 m 3 /g and 0.008-0.028 cm 3 /g, respectively.The pore diameter values of the bio-CaO samples are in the range of mesopore or in the range of 20 Å - 500 Å.However,only the isotherm of the CES material prepared from calcination of ES with 3.3 mm mean particle size and without the eggshell membrane showed slightly higher N 2 adsorption. In Addition, the CES product also has a slightly higher BET surface area (6.88 m 3 /g) and slightly higher pore volume (0.028 cm 3 /g) than products made with other treatments. Beside this, both surface areas and pore volumes of the bio-CaO products obtained from the treatment of eggshell waste by calcination in an N 2 atmosphere had similar values to the bio-CaO products obtained from the treatment of eggshell waste by calcination in an air atmosphere. These results show that the effect of either eggshell membrane removal or particle size of raw materials have a small effect on the surface areas and pore volumes of the bio-CaO products.Moreover, conducting the calcination with increasing raw material filling from 5 to 20 % volume of the kiln also resulted in only a small effect on the surface areas and pore volumes of the obtained bio-CaO products.In comparison, the BET surface area of the CES product was found to be similar to a previous study 37-38 , which reported that BET surface area of raw eggshells is in the range of 2.33-6.34 m 3 /g. Sharma et al. 39 reported that CaO derived from eggshell hass low total pore volume of 0.00722 cm 3 /g with 190 Å mesopore diameter. However, Pornchai et al. 25 , 38 and Han et al. 37 found that their calcined eggshell derived CaO had a BET surface area of 14.9 m 3 /g and 19.9 m 3 /g, respectively. The low BET surface areas and low pore volumes of these bio-CaO products might be due to the effect of long calcination times at a higher temperature, which leads to shrinkage of the pores of calcium oxide. 11 , 31 , 40 XRD analysis: The comparisons of XRD patterns of industrial CaO, laboratory grade CaO, and the bio-CaO derived from various treatments conducted in this work are shown Figure 7(a) and 7(b). As shown in Figure 7(a), the XRD results reveal that the bio-CaO samples obtained from both CES and CESM starting materials calcined in the air atmosphere with 5% filling volume were found to be composted of CaO ( 2θ = 34.0°, 50.7°, 62.5°, and 71.7°) as their XRD diffractograms matched well with a standard diffractogram of a calcium oxide of the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards (JCPDS). Furthermore, the XRD patterns of powder samples CESP 500 , CESPM 500 , and CESP 250 also reveal similarities of crystalline peaks when compared to the pattern of standard CaO provided by the JCPDS data. It is worth noting that neither differences in particle size or eggshell membrane removal had any effect on the crystal structure of the bio-CaO product. For the industrial grade CaO, the main peak was observed at 2θ = 29.0° and other peaks were present at 2θ = 36.0°, 39.0°, 44.0°, 47.0°, and 48.0°. These peak values are indicative of the presence of CaCO 3 . In comparison, the peaks CaCO 3 present in the industrial grade CaO were not present in the bio-CaO products. These differences in the XRD profile of the bio-CaO products are caused by complete thermal decomposition of CaCO 3 in the eggshells to CaO and CO 2 . Figure 7 (b) shows the XRD patterns of CaO derived from either calcination carried out in N 2 atmosphere with 5% feeding rate or calcination carried out in air atmosphere with the variation of raw material filling rate. The XRD results show that both crushed samples (CES-N 2 and CESM-N 2 ) and powder samples (CESP 500 -N 2 and CESPM 500 -N 2 ) calcined in N 2 atmosphere with 5% filling volume mainly consisted of CaO. However, CaCO 3 is present in these products as evidenced by medium intensity peaks of CaO 3 ( 2θ = 36.0°, 39.0°, 44.0°, 47.0°, and 48.0°). This is attributed to the fact that the calcined eggshells were not totally converted to CaO. It is clear that calcination of the eggshell samples in N 2 atmosphere at 800 °C is not sufficient to completely decompose CaCO 3 . These results are similar to the observation of Razali, et al. 41 who reported that the optimum temperature for calcination of chicken eggshell waste in an inert atmosphere is in the range of 850-900 °C. Figure 7 (b) also shows the XRD patterns of the samples calcined in the air atmosphere with feeding rate of 10% and 20%. The XRD patterns of the samples without eggshell membrane (CES-10% and CES-20%) show intense peaks of CaO at 2θ = 32.2°, 37.3°, 53.8°, 64.2°, and 67.5 and these peaks also align with the spectrum of standard CaO. Similar XRD patterns were observed for the samples with eggshell membrane (CESM-10% and CESM 20%). It is obvious that the presence of the eggshell membrane in the raw materials has no effect on the crystal structure of the obtained CaO products. Moreover, increasing the filling volume of the kiln from 5% to 20% also did not alter the crystal structure of the CaO product. These observations agree well with previous findings about the CaO product with high SCI color index. Chemical composition of the samples: Chemical composition of the obtained CaO products compared to various samples and Thailand industrial standard institute (TISI) is shown in Table 4. Based on the XRF analysis, bio-CaO content in the samples derived from the CES, CESP 500 , and CESP 250 products calcined in the air atmosphere with 5% filling volume was 98.1%, 98.0%, and 97.9%, respectively. Similarly, bio-CaO content in the CESM and CESPM 500 products was 97.1% and 97.0%, respectively. In addition to CaO, there are five major trace components present in the bio-CaO samples which were in the range of 1.03-1.20% for MgO, 0.29-0.35% for P 2 O 5 , 0.16-0.35% for SO 3 , 0.43-0.44% for SrO, and 0.027-0.032% for SiO 2 . Under these circumstances, the purity of these five calcined samples conformed to the Thailand industrial standard institute (TISI 319). It is clear that particle size of the raw samples does not show an effect on the purity of the CaO products while the purity of the CaO obtained from eggshells containing eggshell membrane was reduced by about 1%. This implies that the removal of the eggshell membrane from the raw eggshell waste is not necessary to produce an industrial grade CaO. This new finding can probably lead to an alternative process to reduce the production costs of bio-CaO from eggshell waste. In comparison, the percentage of bio-CaO in the products obtained from this study was like in previous reports, which found that the purity of CaO obtained from calcination of eggshell waste is in the range of 97-98%. Table 5 shows chemical composition of the obtained CaO products derived from either calcination in N 2 with 5% kiln volume filling or air atmosphere with variation of kiln filling volume. The XRF analysis shows that content of the bio-CaO in the samples derived from both CES-N 2 and CESP 500 -N 2 calcined in the N 2 atmosphere with 5% kiln filling volume was 96.7% and 96.2 %, respectively. In the same way, the content of bio-CaO in the CESM-N 2 and CESPM 500 -N 2 products is 96.0% and 94.9%, respectively. Besides that, five major trace components found in the bio-CaO samples are MgO, SO 3, P 2 O 5, SrO, and SiO 2 . This is similar to the major trace components found in the bio-CaO obtained from calcined eggshell waste in air atmosphere. The XRF analysis also shows that the particle size of the starting samples does not have an effect on the purity of the CaO products. However, the purity of the CaO obtained from eggshell waste containing eggshell membrane was reduced by about 0.7-1.3 %. This slightly lower CaO content is consistent with the low SCI color index found in the previous section for these materials. The slightly lower CaO content might be caused by an incomplete decomposition of the CaCO 3 in the eggshells. The effect of further increasing the kiln filling volume and membrane removal on the purity of the obtained CaO is also shown in Table 6. The XRF analysis shows that the content of CaO present in the samples is 97.9 % for CES-10%, 97.8 % for CES-20%, 97.5 % CESM-10%, and 97.3 % for CESM-20%. Similarly, increasing the kiln filling volume from 5% to 20 % shows insignificant effect on the purity of the obtained bio-CaO samples. However, purity of the CaO obtained from eggshell waste containing eggshell membrane was reduced by approximately 0.5-0.6 % but the purity of the bio-CaO product from this kiln filling volume treatment still conforms to the TIS standard. It is clear that the membrane removal process might not be required for the production of bio-CaO with the rotary kiln. Furthermore, these results also demonstrate that large-scale continuous production of CaO is possible. Specifications for food additives: The International Numbering System for Food Additives (INS) assigns CaO as the code INS 529 and classifies it as a food additive with the potential functions of altering and controlling the acidity or alkalinity of food. The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) 29 announced the specification of food grade CaO as shown in Table 6.Both European Union (EU) andThailand Food and drug administration (FDA) also adopt this JECFA standard to control the specification of food grade CaO. 42 The comparison of the bio-calcium products CES and CEMS with the JECFA standard using the mean values with standard deviations is shown in Table 6. It is clear that the specifications of the CES and CEMS samples meet the JECFA standard. The chemical content of impurities in the CEMS product, which was obtained from eggshells containing eggshell membrane, was slightly higher than for the CES samples. These results correspond well with the XRF data. This indicates that the impurities might have originated from the eggshell membrane. In addition, lead was not detected neither in the CES nor in the CEMS sample. CONCLUSION Factors effecting the operational production of bio-CaO derived from hatchery eggshell waste via thermal decomposition in a rotary kiln are reported for the first time in this study. All calcination treatments were carried out at 800°C with a rotational speed of 0.5 RPM and a 5° inclination of the kiln. This study found that the preparation methods of raw eggshell samples play an important role in determining the purity of the obtained CaO. Production yield of CaO is increased by about 17.7% upon increasing the particle size of raw eggshell waste from 250 µm to 3.3 mm. The purity of the obtained CaO decreased by about 0.7–1.3% when the calcination is carried out with eggshell waste containing eggshell membrane. The color assessment and SCI index indicated that calcination of samples in the air atmosphere provides a preferable white color of the bio-CaO product while calcination in the N 2 atmosphere provides the CaO product with gray to dark gray color. The XRD and XRF analyses showed that all the obtained bio-CaO products were crystalline and the purity of the obtained CaO products was in the range of 96–98%. The specific BET surface area of this mesoporous bio-CaO was in the range of 3.07–6.88 m 3 /g. This study also found that further increasing of raw material filling in the kiln from 5–20% has only slightly altered both production yield and purity of the obtained CaO. This implies that optimum continuous production of CaO with this rotary kiln is possible on a large scale. Furthermore, the purity of the bio-CaO produced from these experiments conforms to both an industrial standard and a food additive standard. Declarations The authors declare no competing financial interest. 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(g) CES-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e, (h) CESM-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e.\\u003c/p\\u003e\",\"description\":\"\",\"filename\":\"5.png\",\"url\":\"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-4714533/v1/529f87cabf237fea4536e1f5.png\"},{\"id\":61848952,\"identity\":\"9310ca60-c6f7-4175-a3ed-71bbd8a3ddbb\",\"added_by\":\"auto\",\"created_at\":\"2024-08-06 08:28:02\",\"extension\":\"png\",\"order_by\":6,\"title\":\"Figure 6\",\"display\":\"\",\"copyAsset\":false,\"role\":\"figure\",\"size\":143904,\"visible\":true,\"origin\":\"\",\"legend\":\"\\u003cp\\u003eAdsorption and desorption isotherms of N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e on the bio-CaO products obtained from (a) different particle size preparation method with calcination in air atmosphere and 5% filling volume of the kiln and (b) calcination of eggshells in N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere with 5% filling volume and calcination of eggshells in air atmosphere with filling volume of 10% and 20% of the kiln.\\u003c/p\\u003e\",\"description\":\"\",\"filename\":\"6.png\",\"url\":\"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-4714533/v1/915d8f965e11a2f5375199ba.png\"},{\"id\":61848256,\"identity\":\"8e48b032-7c1b-40d5-9271-bf062f757144\",\"added_by\":\"auto\",\"created_at\":\"2024-08-06 08:12:02\",\"extension\":\"png\",\"order_by\":7,\"title\":\"Figure 7\",\"display\":\"\",\"copyAsset\":false,\"role\":\"figure\",\"size\":110062,\"visible\":true,\"origin\":\"\",\"legend\":\"\\u003cp\\u003eThe XRD patterns of bio-CaO products obtained from (a) different particle size preparation method calcined in the air atmosphere and with a 5% feeding rate and (b) calcination of eggshells either in N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere with 5% filling volume or calcinations of eggshells in air atmosphere with filling volume of 10% and 20% of the kiln.\\u003c/p\\u003e\",\"description\":\"\",\"filename\":\"7.png\",\"url\":\"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-4714533/v1/4d1fbb10028a53cd456a6130.png\"},{\"id\":73093420,\"identity\":\"668e031e-03a4-4339-8b23-a81b0902f2e8\",\"added_by\":\"auto\",\"created_at\":\"2025-01-06 16:17:40\",\"extension\":\"pdf\",\"order_by\":0,\"title\":\"\",\"display\":\"\",\"copyAsset\":false,\"role\":\"manuscript-pdf\",\"size\":4840954,\"visible\":true,\"origin\":\"\",\"legend\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"filename\":\"manuscript.pdf\",\"url\":\"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-4714533/v1/0ba0cf2e-4e98-4d0f-8248-2277007aad2c.pdf\"},{\"id\":61848257,\"identity\":\"d6aa09aa-719c-4fcb-90f2-47f4597baa38\",\"added_by\":\"auto\",\"created_at\":\"2024-08-06 08:12:02\",\"extension\":\"docx\",\"order_by\":1,\"title\":\"\",\"display\":\"\",\"copyAsset\":false,\"role\":\"supplement\",\"size\":975759,\"visible\":true,\"origin\":\"\",\"legend\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"filename\":\"Table1to6.docx\",\"url\":\"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-4714533/v1/96c9fa58fe83d3958f894cd8.docx\"}],\"financialInterests\":\"No competing interests reported.\",\"formattedTitle\":\"Scalable Production of Bio-Calcium Oxide via Thermal Decomposition of Solid - Hatchery Waste in a Laboratory-Scale Rotary Kiln\",\"fulltext\":[{\"header\":\"INTRODUCTION\",\"content\":\"\\u003cp\\u003eCalcium oxide or quicklime is one of the most versatile chemicals used in both research and industrial applications e.g., industrial catalyst/filler, food/cosmetic additive, medical treatment, carbon dioxide capture, and environmental remediation.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan additionalcitationids=\\\"CR2 CR3\\\" citationid=\\\"CR1\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e1\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u0026ndash;\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR4\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e4\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e The process of quicklime production is associated not only with exploitation of geo-resources but also involves both local and global scale environmental impact such as emissions of large quantities of both fine particle dust and CO\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e. More importantly, the world production of quicklime is responsible for around 8% of global anthropogenic CO\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e emissions.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR5\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e5\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e Shan et al. reported that 69% of CO\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e emission from Chinese industrial sector is related to lime production.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR6\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e6\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e Life cycle analysis indicated that limestone quarterly process in Thailand includes basting, transportation, and crushing/grinding and emits about 3.13 kg CO\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e eq.\\u0026nbsp;per ton of limestone rock product.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR7\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e7\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e As a result, research aimed at finding sustainable raw materials for partial or total substitution of natural lime application has been reported using various starting materials. (e.g., seashells, avian eggshells, and waste containing calcium oxide).\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR8\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e8\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u0026ndash;\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR9\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e9\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e Among these alternative raw materials, chicken eggshells have attracted considerable attention. This is likely because 1) high purity calcium oxide can be obtained at a calcination temperature of 800 \\u0026deg;C, which is lower than for other shells\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan additionalcitationids=\\\"CR11\\\" citationid=\\\"CR10\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e10\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u0026ndash;\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR12\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e12\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e, and 2) chicken eggshell waste is a cheap alternative. Furthermore the significant daily consumption of the eggs makes eggshell waste available in domestic sector e.g. household, canteen, and restaurant.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR13\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e13\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e However, one major obstacle to the progression of industrial production of calcium oxide from eggshells is the daily collection of the eggshell waste from each household and canteen to a recovery facility, which can potentially lead to high operating costs of the industrial production.\\u003c/p\\u003e \\u003cp\\u003eAlternatively, the in-situ production of bio-calcium oxide derived from chicken hatchery industry is possibly a more practical approach. In Thailand, a chicken hatchery farm normally generates solid hatchery waste in the range of 0.5-2.0 tons per day.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR11\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e11\\u003c/span\\u003e, \\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR14\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e14\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e In addition, the potential amount of solid hatchery waste produced in Thailand is approximately about 876,000 ton per year. This solid hatchery waste is comprised from eggshells, eggshell membrane, dead chickens, and a viscous liquid from eggs and decaying tissue. The solid hatchery waste is usually disposed into landfills and causes both environmental impact and conflict with surrounding communities. Thus, valorization of hatchery eggshell waste is a priority for achieving circular economy while simultaneously reducing industrial production costs. Furthermore, recycling of hatchery eggshell waste as a calcium oxide can also reduce the risk of microbiological contamination in the environment.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR14\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e14\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e Chicken eggshell is composed from calcium carbonate (94%-97%) while the remainder is organic matter and trace elements. The densities of the eggshell and outer eggshell membrane have been reported in the range of 2.01\\u0026ndash;2.62 g/cm\\u003csup\\u003e3\\u003c/sup\\u003e and of 1.36 g/cm\\u003csup\\u003e3\\u003c/sup\\u003e, respectively.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR15\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e15\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u0026ndash;\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR16\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e16\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e These variations of the amount of calcium carbonate and density of the eggshell may depend on the species and age of the chicken as well as on the supplied food.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR17\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e17\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e Our preliminary study showed that direct substitution of hatchery eggshell waste for natural lime stone in cement production process leads to detrimental effect on the cement product.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR18\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e18\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e This indicates that high purity bio-calcium oxide derived from eggshell is required for some production processes. Production of eggshell derived calcium oxide depends on two main processes which are 1) pretreatment process and 2) conversion process. The objective of the pretreatment process is to remove all impurity materials adhered to the eggshell waste, e.g., dirt and eggshell membrane, and possibly to result in size reduction. Household eggshell waste is normally treated by washing with tap water followed by drying. Then, the membrane is removed by hand. However, several researchers proposed that there are three feasible industrial production techniques for membrane removal. The first possibility is heat treatment at the temperature in the range of 300\\u0026ndash;500 \\u0026deg;C.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR12\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e12\\u003c/span\\u003e, \\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR19\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e19\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e The second option is chemical treatment by reagents such as EDTA, chlorine, and hydrochloric or acetic acid.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan additionalcitationids=\\\"CR21 CR22\\\" citationid=\\\"CR20\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e20\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u0026ndash;\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR23\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e23\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e The third separation technique is related to physical processes such as floatation or using a centrifugal separator. There are also different approaches for the conversion process. For example, special property eggshell calcium oxide such as nano-calcium oxide can be produced by chemical precipitation, ball milling, or sol-gel techniques.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR24\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e24\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e Normally, thermal conversion is the conventional technique used for decomposing the eggshells to calcium oxide and carbon dioxide. Nevertheless, thermal conversion technique has some advantages such as no chemicals are being used in the process and less waste management is needed. As mentioned earlier, calcination of eggshells at 800 \\u0026deg;C for 1 hour is adequate for obtaining calcium oxide with purity in the range of 97\\u0026ndash;98%. However, extending calcination time beyond 1 hour can probably result in the decrease of both surface area and pore size of calcium oxide.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR25\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e25\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e It should also be noted that research works involving eggshell calcination are usually done using a small bench top muffle furnace or a large volume muffle furnace. However, these muffle furnaces have some disadvantages. For example, a muffle furnace is conventionally run in a batch operation and there is no mixing or agitation mechanism in the furnace. This can potentially lead to insufficient heat induction and convection for completing the thermal decomposition of a large amount of eggshell waste. Putkham et al.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR26\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e26\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e reported that calcination of a large amount of eggshell waste in an industrial car-bottom furnace is not efficient for completely converting the eggshells to calcium oxide. This is probably due to the batch operation in the car bottom furnace not being able to provide uniform heating to the whole amount of eggshell waste. Thus, a furnace with a mixing mechanism or equipment is required.\\u003c/p\\u003e \\u003cp\\u003eRotary kilns have been commercialized for decades, especially in cement production, incineration of hazardous wastes, and for biomass pyrolysis. In contrast to other types of furnaces, the rotary kiln offers some unique advantages over the muffle furnace or car bottom furnace. For example, the slow rotational speed of the inclined kiln enables thorough mixing of raw materials. Also, the residence time of raw materials can be easily adjusted to provide the optimum conditions for the thermal reaction. Additionally, various shapes and sizes of the raw material can be fed into a rotary kiln either in batches or continuously.\\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR27\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e27\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u0026ndash;\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR28\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e28\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e However, a thorough search of the relevant literature yielded only one related article on the performance of rotary kiln reactors for shell calcination. Barros et al. \\u003csup\\u003e\\u003cspan citationid=\\\"CR9\\\" class=\\\"CitationRef\\\"\\u003e9\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/sup\\u003e proposed a comprehensive industrial process for calcination of mussel shell to calcium carbonate using a 17 m long rotary kiln with a 2.5 m inner diameter. The operating calcination conditions were 600\\u0026deg;C with 2 rpm and solid resident time of 20\\u0026ndash;30 min. This process yielded calcium carbonate output of about 70\\u0026ndash;80% wt of the mussel shell input. Unlike other studies, factors effecting the production of high purity bio-calcium derived from calcination of eggshell waste in a laboratory-scale rotary furnace is reported for the first time in this study. The influence of preparation methods of solid hatchery waste (e.g., particle size, membrane removal), different calcination atmosphere, and material feeding rate on the properties of the calcium oxide product are systematically described. Furthermore, for multipurpose applications of bio-calcium oxide as a filler, the properties of these obtained bio-calcium oxide were compared with both food and industrial standards.\\u003c/p\\u003e\"},{\"header\":\"EXERIMENTAL SECTION\",\"content\":\"\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003eMaterials :\\u0026nbsp;\\u003c/strong\\u003eHatchery solid waste was collected from a\\u0026nbsp;large\\u0026nbsp;broiler hatchery farm in\\u0026nbsp;Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast of Thailand. This hatchery farm produces around 1.0-1.5 tons of hatchery solid waste daily.\\u0026nbsp;An industrial grade quicklime was obtained from\\u0026nbsp;Lime\\u0026nbsp;Master Co., Ltd., Thailand.\\u0026nbsp;Acetic acid (37%) was obtained from RCI Labscan limited. The two commercially available CaO samples, industrial-grade quick lime and laboratory grade,\\u0026nbsp;were used as reference materials and for comparison with the eggshell waste derived samples. All commercially available chemicals utilized in this study were used as supplied without any further purification.\\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003ePreparation of eggshell samples:\\u003c/strong\\u003e The following four preparation methods were employed to obtain four different eggshell samples for calcination: 1) Eggshell: ES, 2) Eggshells containing membrane: ESM, 3) Eggshell powder: ESP, and 4) Eggshell powder containing membrane: ESPM. \\u0026nbsp;The preparation methods are summarized as follows. Initially, solid hatchery waste produced from the farm was routinely passed through a screw conveyor and manual sorting to separate dead embryos from chicken eggshell waste as shown in Figure 1. Then the separated eggshell waste was thoroughly washed twice with tap water to remove the viscous liquid adhered to the solid hatchery waste. Subsequently, the washed eggshell waste was sundried for 1 day. It should be noted that the eggshell waste must be cleaned to remove the viscous liquid and dried otherwise a highly odorous ammonium compound will be formed during the eggshell calcination process. The sieve analysis revealed that the sundried eggshell waste comprises of both eggshells (95.6 \\u0026plusmn; 2.2 % wt) and eggshell membranes (4.4 \\u0026plusmn; 1.3%wt) with an effective particle size of 3.3 mm (D\\u003csub\\u003e60\\u003c/sub\\u003e) and coefficient of uniformity (UC) of 2.64, which means that the sundried eggshell waste has a narrow range of particle sizes. Additionally, this sundried eggshell waste was denoted as eggshells containing membrane (ESM). Combined chemical and mechanical treatments were used for removing the eggshell membrane from the ESM sample and brief description of this combined treatment is as follows. Firstly, 10 kg of the ESM material was impregnated in a 150 liters stainless steel reactor containing 0.1 M acetic acid. The spiral propeller blades in the reactor were operated at 100 rpm for 30 minutes to homogenize the sample in the weakly acidic solution. Then, the acid solution was drained out and the ESM samples were placed in another reactor equipped with an \\u0026nbsp; \\u0026nbsp; \\u0026nbsp; \\u0026nbsp; \\u0026nbsp; 1 HP aerator. The floating eggshell membranes were drained out while the eggshell waste, which settled at the bottom of the floatation reactor, was collected, and washed with tap water and sundried again for 1 day. This sample was denoted as eggshell (ES). Additionally, both ESM and ES were ground with a Panasonic MX-AC400 grounding machine followed by screening through either a 500-micrometer sieve (No. 35) or a 250-micrometer sieve (No. 60) to obtain the powder of eggshells containing membrane (ESPM) and eggshell (ESP), which are denoted with the suffix 500 or 250 to identify their size (e.g., ESPM\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u0026nbsp;\\u003c/sub\\u003eand\\u0026nbsp;ESPM\\u003csub\\u003e250\\u003c/sub\\u003e).\\u0026nbsp;The whole eggshell waste preparation method and photos of the samples after preparation are shown in Figure 2.\\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003eCalcination of eggshell waste in a Laboratory-Scale Rotary Kiln:\\u0026nbsp;\\u003c/strong\\u003e Calcination of different samples of eggshell waste (later denoted with the prefix -C e.g., CES) was carried out using a laboratory-scale rotary kiln as shown in Fig. 3. This indirectly heated rotary kiln chamber was made of a quartz tube with an inner diameter of 80 mm and a 100 mm outer diameter. The effective heated length of the reactor was approximately 440 mm, and the overall length was 1.2 m. A set of 6 kW PID- controlled heaters was used to heat the kiln. The temperature inside the kiln chamber is measured directly using a type K- thermocouple. Before calcination, the temperature in the effective heated zone was set to be 800 \\u0026deg;C. The calcination was carried out under the atmosphere of either air or N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e. In this study, both batch and continuous calcination experiment were conducted in order to determine the effect on scalable production of CaO. For the first batch experiment, the eggshell samples prepared by different methods were then fed into the entrance of the rotary kiln with a feeding rate of 0.26 kg/h\\u0026nbsp;(5 % of effective volume of the kiln)\\u0026nbsp;via a vibrational feeder to determine the effect of the preparation method on the properties of the obtained Bio-CaO products. The residence time of the samples in the rotary kiln was about 1 hour as a result of the 5-degree kiln inclination and 0.5 rpm rotating speed. After ⁓1 hour calcination, calcium oxide products were then mixed and kept for characterization. For the second batch experiment, the same calcination experiment as described above was conducted. However, this time the samples were calcined under N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere instead of the air atmosphere. Abbreviation of the calcined samples obtained under N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u0026nbsp;\\u003c/sub\\u003eatmosphere includes the suffix -N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e.\\u003csub\\u003e\\u0026nbsp;\\u0026nbsp;\\u003c/sub\\u003e\\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003eFor the continuous calcination experiment, the sample obtained from the optimum preparation method, which was chosen from the first batch experimental setup, was then fed into the kiln with different feeding rate to determine the effect of raw material filling rate into the rotary kiln on the properties of the bio-CaO. The feeding rate was increased from 0.26 kg/h (5 % of the kiln effective volume) to 0.51 kg/h and 1.03 kg/h, which corresponds to 10 % and 20 % of the effective volume of the kiln, respectively. The sample were continuously fed to the kiln for 4 hours. Mixed of the calcined eggshells at the exiting of the kiln were collected from the 1\\u003csup\\u003est\\u003c/sup\\u003e to 4\\u003csup\\u003eth\\u003c/sup\\u003e hour of operating time with the stainless hopper and kept in desiccator before further characterization. Summary of these treatments are shown in Figure 4.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003eCharacterization of the samples:\\u0026nbsp;\\u003c/strong\\u003e The following instruments were employed for the characterization of the eggshell waste and calcined eggshell waste samples. Color of the samples was determined by Konica Minolta Chroma Meter (CR-400). The microstructure of the samples was observed by a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM\\u003cstrong\\u003e\\u0026nbsp;\\u003c/strong\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003eThermo Scientific Apreo\\u003c/strong\\u003eS).\\u0026nbsp;Surface area and porosity analyzer (Tristar II plus) was used for determining surface area, pore volume, and mean pore size of the samples. The crystalline structure of the samples was examined by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD - PW 3040/60 X\\u0026rsquo;PERT PRO Console) using Cu-Ka\\u0026nbsp;radiation at 40\\u0026nbsp;kV. The XRD patterns of the samples were recorded with a scanning rate of 2\\u0026nbsp;\\u0026deg;\\u0026nbsp;min\\u003csup\\u003e-1\\u003c/sup\\u003e at 2q angles ranging from 5\\u0026deg; to 80 \\u0026deg;. The X-ray fluorescence (XRF Bruker S4 Explorer) was used for the analysis of the elemental composition of the samples. Heavy metals contained in the samples were analyzed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS/OES Perkin Avio550). Analysis of loss on ignition, acid insoluble matter, and magnesium and alkali salts were determined using the guidelines of The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA).\\u003ca href=\\\"#_ENREF_29\\\" title=\\\"FAO, 2006 #179\\\"\\u003e\\u003csup\\u003e29-30\\u003c/sup\\u003e\\u003c/a\\u003e\\u003c/p\\u003e\"},{\"header\":\"RESULTS AND DISCUSSION\",\"content\":\"\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003eMorphology of the bio-CaO:\\u003c/strong\\u003e High resolution field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) images with 10,000X magnification of the obtained bio-CaO prepared using different treatments and calcined at 800\\u0026deg;C with 0.5 rpm and with 5% kiln effective volume feeding rate are shown in Figure 5. According to previous studies of the surface structure of the eggshells, decomposition of CaCO\\u003csub\\u003e3\\u003c/sub\\u003e to CaO and CO\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e in all samples at 800 \\u0026deg;C changed the apparent morphologies of the eggshell surface structure from a smooth surface with some small pores to a porous structure. This is because of the decomposition of CaCO\\u003csub\\u003e3\\u003c/sub\\u003e in the eggshell structure to CO\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e and CaO. There is obviously no eggshell membrane left in the calcined samples (CESM and CESP\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e), which were derived from eggshell waste containing eggshell membrane. This is a result of thermal decomposition of eggshell membrane in the temperature range of 400-600 \\u0026deg;C, which is in accordance with previous reports\\u003csup\\u003e26\\u003c/sup\\u003e. However, all bio-CaO products obtained from different treatments show similar morphology of CaO particles containing both rod and unsymmetrical particle forms. Size of the bio-CaO particles observed by FS-SEM is in the range of 2-5 \\u0026mu;m. In comparison, surface morphology of bio-CaO calcined in the N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere (CES-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e and CESM-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e) were less porous than the bio-CaO calcined in the air atmosphere. This is probably due to calcination of eggshell at 800 \\u0026deg;C is not enough for completing CaCO\\u003csub\\u003e3\\u003c/sub\\u003e decomposition to CaO and CO\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e.\\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003eYield and Color of the bio-CaO. \\u003c/strong\\u003eThe summary of yield and color characteristics of the samples and the bio-CaO products obtained via calcination in air and N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmospheres are shown in Table 1 and Table 2, respectively. Production yield is one of the crucial factors for determining the possibility of a scalable production process. This is because low production yield may lead to high production costs and low beneficial return. As shown in Table 1., the yield of the CaO product obtained from eggshells (CES) and eggshells containing eggshell membrane (CESM) was 54.9% and 51.8%, respectively. In comparison with the previous reports\\u003csup\\u003e19\\u003c/sup\\u003e\\u003csup\\u003e, \\u003c/sup\\u003e\\u003csup\\u003e29\\u003c/sup\\u003e, thermal decomposition of the eggshells yielded total mass loss in the range of 44 \\u0026ndash; 51 wt% depending on calcination temperature in the range of 795-1000 \\u0026deg;C and calcium carbonate content in the eggshells. Thus, the production yield of calcium oxide was estimated to be about 49-56 wt%, which is similar to this study.\\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003eBeside this, both calcined products CESP\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e and CESPM\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e derived from the 500 \\u0026micro;m powder were obtained with a yield of 44.2% and 41.8 %, respectively. Additionally, the CESP\\u003csub\\u003e250\\u003c/sub\\u003e product was obtained in a much lower yield than the samples mentioned earlier. These results show that the calcined samples made from eggshell waste containing eggshell membrane yielded about 2.1-3.8 % less product than samples made after eggshell membrane removal. This corresponds to the thermal decomposition of the membrane during the formation of both the CESM and CESPM\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e products\\u003csub\\u003e. \\u003c/sub\\u003eIt should be noted that the large particle size of the raw materials used to produce calcined samples CES resulted in yields that were 10.7 % and 17.7 % higher than for the powder samples CESP\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e and CESP\\u003csub\\u003e250\\u003c/sub\\u003e, respectively. This is probably due to formation of calcined powder sample agglomerate, which sticks to the surface of the furnace. This phenomena is similar to the observations made by Valverde et al.\\u003csup\\u003e31\\u003c/sup\\u003e, who reported that agglomeration of CaO particles is probably due to natural lime entering directly into the high temperature kiln without preheating or with fast heating rate of the kiln. Overall, it can be clearly seen that both eggshell membranes contained in the sample and size of raw materials play an important role in the production yield of bio-CaO. Furthermore, the CESP\\u003csub\\u003e250\\u003c/sub\\u003e sample was not used for further study of the effect of N\\u003csub\\u003e2 \\u003c/sub\\u003eatmosphere since it gave the lowest yield of the calcined products.\\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003eThe yields of bio-CaO derived from calcination in N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere show a similar trend to the previous calcination treatment in the air atmosphere. The CES-N\\u003csub\\u003e2 \\u003c/sub\\u003eproduct, derived from raw materials with large particle size and with eggshell membrane removal, gave the highest calcined production yield (51.81%), as shown in Table 2. The calcined samples CES-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e and CESP\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e also had the production yield higher than products CESM-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e (2.65%) and CESPM\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e (2.80%), which were derived from the eggshell membrane containing raw materials. As shown in Table 2, the raw material feeding rate was increased in the next experiment from 5% to 10% and 20 % of the kiln effective volume in order to determine the effect of feeding rate on the calcination product. The experiments CES-10% and CES-20% provided the CaO product in 54.65% and 54.40% yield, respectively. This demonstrates that the yield of bio-CaO did not decrease with the increase of the feeding rate from 5% to 20 %. However, the calcined products CESM-10% and CESM-20%, which were derived from the eggshell membrane containing raw materials, still gave a lower value of production yield than products CES-10% and CES-20%. \\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003eColor assessment of the bio-CaO is an important property of the filler as it may change the apparent color and could lead to an unpleasant color of the final product. A spectrophotometer (Konica Minolta CR-400) provides the lightness (L*), the red-green coordinate or redness (a*), and the blue-yellow coordinate or yellowness (b*) values of the samples as classified by the Commission International de L\\u0026rsquo;Eclairage (CIE)\\u003csup\\u003e32\\u003c/sup\\u003e. The probe of the spectrophotometer was placed on the samples area and the L*, a*, and b* measurements were conducted in triplicate on the same sample. Subsequently, both mean values and standard deviation values were calculated. The mean values of L*, a *, and b* were used to calculate the color index of the eggshell (SCI) which is defined as: , where lower SCI values correspond to a darker color.\\u003csup\\u003e33\\u003c/sup\\u003e Apparent color means and standard deviations of the L*, a*, b* parameters, and SCI values of the samples are reported in Table 1. The lightness (L*) values for the obtained bio-CaO calcite fabricated at 800 \\u0026deg;C in air atmosphere have the average values in the range of 96.3-97.6. In these samples, the average values of redness (a*) were close to zero, whereas the yellowness (b*) values ranged between 1.2 to 1.4. Additionally, the SCI value of these samples was not significantly different, which indicates that neither eggshell membrane separation nor size of the eggshell raw material had any effect on the lightness color of the obtained bio-CaO. In comparison, very high SCI value of the bio-CaO shows that color of the obtained CaO is whiter than the raw eggshell and industrial grade CaO. This is probably due to the pigments present in the eggshells being completely decomposed at 800 \\u0026deg;C.\\u003csup\\u003e33\\u003c/sup\\u003e In addition, the white color of the bio-CaO product is comparable to laboratory grade CaO. \\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003eThe eggshells treated with different methods were also calcined at 800 \\u0026deg;C under N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere to determine the effect of the inert gas on the properties of bio-CaO. The results show that the average values of a* were in the range of 0.24-0.29, whereas the b* values ranged between 1.2 and 1.4. In addition, the L* values of these samples ranged between 69.5-80.3. This indicates that the obtained bio-CaO samples calcined in an N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere have darker color than bio-CaO samples calcined in air atmosphere. Likewise, the SCI values obtained for bio-CaO calcined in N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere also show similar tends to the L* values. This is probably because the pigments in the eggshells are more completely thermally decomposed in the oxidizing air atmosphere. Furthermore, the color of the CaO derived from the eggshell samples containing eggshell membrane (CESM-N\\u003csub\\u003e2 \\u003c/sub\\u003eand\\u003csub\\u003e \\u003c/sub\\u003eCESPM\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e) tends to be darker than for the CaO derived from the eggshells alone (CES-N\\u003csub\\u003e2 \\u003c/sub\\u003eand\\u003csub\\u003e \\u003c/sub\\u003eCESP\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e). It is apparent that soot may form during the decomposition of eggshell membrane and lead to a darker CaO product.\\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003eIn this study, the calcination was performed with the percentage of raw material filling in the kiln set at 10 % and 20 % of kiln effective volume in an air atmosphere in order to determine the scalability of the production of the bio-CaO in the rotary kiln. The L*, a*, b* and SCI values of the corresponding bio-CaO products were also in the range of white color, which is similar to the color values of bio-CaO obtained with calcinations conducted using raw material filling rate of 5 % of the effective kiln volume. However, the SCI value of the CaO derived from the eggshell alone (CES-10% and CES-20%) indicated a slightly whiter color than for the eggshell samples containing eggshell membrane (CESM-10% and CESM-20%). As mentioned earlier, this effect of membrane removal on the color of the obtained calcium oxide is consistent to the bio-CaO derived from calcination of eggshells in the N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere. In summary, the increase of the material filling volume from 5 % to 20% of the kiln effective volume slightly reduced the SCI color index of the bio-CaO product.\\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003eSurface area and pore volume:\\u003c/strong\\u003e The surface area, pore volume, and pore size of a bio-CaO material has a direct impact on its catalytic activity. Adsorption and desorption isotherms of N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e on the bio-CaO products obtained from various treatments measured at -196 \\u0026deg;C are shown in Figure 6 (a) and (b). All isotherms exhibited Type III characteristics according to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) classification scheme and no hysteresis loop is observed in these isotherms. These type III isotherms indicate weak adsorbate-adsorbent interactions and it should be noted that type III isotherms most commonly occur in both non-porous and macroporous adsorbents.\\u003csup\\u003e34-35\\u003c/sup\\u003e\\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003eSurface area, pore volume, and average pore size of bio-CaO products is shown in Table 3. Specific surface areas calculated by the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET)\\u003csup\\u003e36\\u003c/sup\\u003emethod and pore volumes of the bio-CaO products derived from calcination at 800 \\u0026deg;C for 1 hr in an air atmosphere with 5 % filling volume of kiln are relatively low and lie in the range of 3.07-6.88 m\\u003csup\\u003e3\\u003c/sup\\u003e/g and 0.008-0.028 cm\\u003csup\\u003e3\\u003c/sup\\u003e/g, respectively.The pore diameter values of the bio-CaO samples are in the range of mesopore or in the range of 20 \\u0026Aring; - 500 \\u0026Aring;.However,only the isotherm of the CES material prepared from calcination of ES with 3.3 mm mean particle size and without the eggshell membrane showed slightly higher N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e adsorption. In Addition, the CES product also has a slightly higher BET surface area (6.88 m\\u003csup\\u003e3\\u003c/sup\\u003e/g) and slightly higher pore volume (0.028 cm\\u003csup\\u003e3\\u003c/sup\\u003e/g) than products made with other treatments. Beside this, both surface areas and pore volumes of the bio-CaO products obtained from the treatment of eggshell waste by calcination in an N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere had similar values to the bio-CaO products obtained from the treatment of eggshell waste by calcination in an air atmosphere. These results show that the effect of either eggshell membrane removal or particle size of raw materials have a small effect on the surface areas and pore volumes of the bio-CaO products.Moreover, conducting the calcination with increasing raw material filling from 5 to 20 % volume of the kiln also resulted in only a small effect on the surface areas and pore volumes of the obtained bio-CaO products.In comparison, the BET surface area of the CES product was found to be similar to a previous study\\u003csup\\u003e37-38\\u003c/sup\\u003e, which reported that BET surface area of raw eggshells is in the range of 2.33-6.34 m\\u003csup\\u003e3\\u003c/sup\\u003e/g. Sharma et al.\\u003csup\\u003e39\\u003c/sup\\u003e reported that CaO derived from eggshell hass low total pore volume of 0.00722 cm\\u003csup\\u003e3\\u003c/sup\\u003e/g with 190 \\u0026Aring; mesopore diameter. However, Pornchai et al.\\u003csup\\u003e25\\u003c/sup\\u003e\\u003csup\\u003e, \\u003c/sup\\u003e\\u003csup\\u003e38\\u003c/sup\\u003e and \\u003cbr\\u003e Han et al.\\u003csup\\u003e37\\u003c/sup\\u003e found that their calcined eggshell derived CaO had a BET surface area of 14.9 m\\u003csup\\u003e3\\u003c/sup\\u003e/g and 19.9 m\\u003csup\\u003e3\\u003c/sup\\u003e/g, respectively. The low BET surface areas and low pore volumes of these bio-CaO products might be due to the effect of long calcination times at a higher temperature, which leads to shrinkage of the pores of calcium oxide.\\u003csup\\u003e11\\u003c/sup\\u003e\\u003csup\\u003e, \\u003c/sup\\u003e\\u003csup\\u003e31\\u003c/sup\\u003e\\u003csup\\u003e, \\u003c/sup\\u003e\\u003csup\\u003e40\\u003c/sup\\u003e\\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003eXRD analysis: \\u003c/strong\\u003eThe comparisons of XRD patterns of industrial CaO, laboratory grade CaO, and the bio-CaO derived from various treatments conducted in this work are shown Figure 7(a) and 7(b). As shown in Figure 7(a), the XRD results reveal that the bio-CaO samples obtained from both CES and CESM starting materials calcined in the air atmosphere with 5% filling volume were found to be composted of CaO (\\u003cem\\u003e2\\u0026theta;\\u003c/em\\u003e = 34.0\\u0026deg;, 50.7\\u0026deg;, 62.5\\u0026deg;, and 71.7\\u0026deg;) as their XRD diffractograms matched well with a standard diffractogram of a calcium oxide of the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards (JCPDS). Furthermore, the XRD patterns of powder samples CESP\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e, CESPM\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e, and CESP\\u003csub\\u003e250\\u003c/sub\\u003e also reveal similarities of crystalline peaks when compared to the pattern of standard CaO provided by the JCPDS data. It is worth noting that neither differences in particle size or eggshell membrane removal had any effect on the crystal structure of the bio-CaO product. For the industrial grade CaO, the main peak was observed at \\u003cem\\u003e2\\u0026theta;\\u003c/em\\u003e = 29.0\\u0026deg; and other peaks were present at \\u003cem\\u003e2\\u0026theta;\\u003c/em\\u003e = 36.0\\u0026deg;, 39.0\\u0026deg;, 44.0\\u0026deg;, 47.0\\u0026deg;, and 48.0\\u0026deg;. These peak values are indicative of the presence of CaCO\\u003csub\\u003e3\\u003c/sub\\u003e. In comparison, the peaks CaCO\\u003csub\\u003e3\\u003c/sub\\u003e present in the industrial grade CaO were not present in the bio-CaO products. These differences in the XRD profile of the bio-CaO products are caused by complete thermal decomposition of CaCO\\u003csub\\u003e3\\u003c/sub\\u003e in the eggshells to CaO and CO\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e. \\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003eFigure 7 (b) shows the XRD patterns of CaO derived from either calcination carried out in N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere with 5% feeding rate or calcination carried out in air atmosphere with the variation of raw material filling rate. The XRD results show that both crushed samples (CES-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e and CESM-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e) and powder samples (CESP\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e and CESPM\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e) calcined in N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere with 5% filling volume mainly consisted of CaO. However, CaCO\\u003csub\\u003e3\\u003c/sub\\u003e is present in these products as evidenced by medium intensity peaks of CaO\\u003csub\\u003e3\\u003c/sub\\u003e (\\u003cem\\u003e2\\u0026theta; \\u003c/em\\u003e= 36.0\\u0026deg;, 39.0\\u0026deg;, 44.0\\u0026deg;, 47.0\\u0026deg;, and 48.0\\u0026deg;). This is attributed to the fact that the calcined eggshells were not totally converted to CaO. It is clear that calcination of the eggshell samples in N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere at 800 \\u0026deg;C is not sufficient to completely decompose CaCO\\u003csub\\u003e3\\u003c/sub\\u003e. These results are similar to the observation of Razali, et al.\\u003csup\\u003e41\\u003c/sup\\u003e who reported that the optimum temperature for calcination of chicken eggshell waste in an inert atmosphere is in the range of 850-900 \\u0026deg;C. Figure 7 (b) also shows the XRD patterns of the samples calcined in the air atmosphere with feeding rate of 10% and 20%. The XRD patterns of the samples without eggshell membrane (CES-10% and CES-20%) show intense peaks of CaO at \\u003cem\\u003e2\\u0026theta;\\u003c/em\\u003e = 32.2\\u0026deg;, 37.3\\u0026deg;, 53.8\\u0026deg;, 64.2\\u0026deg;, and 67.5 and these peaks also align with the spectrum of standard CaO. Similar XRD patterns were observed for the samples with eggshell membrane (CESM-10% and CESM 20%). It is obvious that the presence of the eggshell membrane in the raw materials has no effect on the crystal structure of the obtained CaO products. Moreover, increasing the filling volume of the kiln from 5% to 20% also did not alter the crystal structure of the CaO product. These observations agree well with previous findings about the CaO product with high SCI color index. \\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003eChemical composition of the samples:\\u003c/strong\\u003e Chemical composition of the obtained CaO products compared to various samples and Thailand industrial standard institute (TISI) is shown in Table 4. Based on the XRF analysis, bio-CaO content in the samples derived from the CES, CESP\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e, and CESP\\u003csub\\u003e250\\u003c/sub\\u003e products calcined in the air atmosphere with 5% filling volume was 98.1%, 98.0%, and 97.9%, respectively. Similarly, bio-CaO content in the CESM and CESPM\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e products was 97.1% and 97.0%, respectively. In addition to CaO, there are five major trace components present in the bio-CaO samples which were in the range of 1.03-1.20% for MgO, 0.29-0.35% for P\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003eO\\u003csub\\u003e5\\u003c/sub\\u003e, 0.16-0.35% for SO\\u003csub\\u003e3\\u003c/sub\\u003e, 0.43-0.44% for SrO, and 0.027-0.032% for SiO\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e. Under these circumstances, the purity of these five calcined samples conformed to the Thailand industrial standard institute (TISI 319). It is clear that particle size of the raw samples does not show an effect on the purity of the CaO products while the purity of the CaO obtained from eggshells containing eggshell membrane was reduced by about 1%. This implies that the removal of the eggshell membrane from the raw eggshell waste is not necessary to produce an industrial grade CaO. This new finding can probably lead to an alternative process to reduce the production costs of bio-CaO from eggshell waste. In comparison, the percentage of bio-CaO in the products obtained from this study was like in previous reports, which found that the purity of CaO obtained from calcination of eggshell waste is in the range of 97-98%. \\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003eTable 5 shows chemical composition of the obtained CaO products derived from either calcination in N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e with 5% kiln volume filling or air atmosphere with variation of kiln filling volume. The XRF analysis shows that content of the bio-CaO in the samples derived from both CES-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e and CESP\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e calcined in the N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere with 5% kiln filling volume was 96.7% and 96.2 %, respectively. In the same way, the content of bio-CaO in the CESM-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e and CESPM\\u003csub\\u003e500\\u003c/sub\\u003e-N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e products is 96.0% and 94.9%, respectively. Besides that, five major trace components found in the bio-CaO samples are MgO, SO\\u003csub\\u003e3,\\u003c/sub\\u003e P\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003eO\\u003csub\\u003e5, \\u003c/sub\\u003eSrO, and SiO\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e. This is similar to the major trace components found in the bio-CaO obtained from calcined eggshell waste in air atmosphere. The XRF analysis also shows that the particle size of the starting samples does not have an effect on the purity of the CaO products. However, the purity of the CaO obtained from eggshell waste containing eggshell membrane was reduced by about 0.7-1.3 %. This slightly lower CaO content is consistent with the low SCI color index found in the previous section for these materials. The slightly lower CaO content might be caused by an incomplete decomposition of the CaCO\\u003csub\\u003e3\\u003c/sub\\u003e in the eggshells. \\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003eThe effect of further increasing the kiln filling volume and membrane removal on the purity of the obtained CaO is also shown in Table 6. The XRF analysis shows that the content of CaO present in the samples is 97.9 % for CES-10%, 97.8 % for CES-20%, 97.5 % CESM-10%, and 97.3 % for CESM-20%. Similarly, increasing the kiln filling volume from 5% to 20 % shows insignificant effect on the purity of the obtained bio-CaO samples. However, purity of the CaO obtained from eggshell waste containing eggshell membrane was reduced by approximately 0.5-0.6 % but the purity of the bio-CaO product from this kiln filling volume treatment still conforms to the TIS standard. It is clear that the membrane removal process might not be required for the production of bio-CaO with the rotary kiln. Furthermore, these results also demonstrate that large-scale continuous production of CaO is possible. \\u003c/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003eSpecifications for food additives: \\u003c/strong\\u003eThe International Numbering System for Food Additives (INS) assigns CaO as the code INS 529 and classifies it as a food additive with the potential functions of altering and controlling the acidity or alkalinity of food. The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)\\u003cstrong\\u003e\\u003csup\\u003e29\\u003c/sup\\u003e\\u003c/strong\\u003e announced the specification of food grade CaO as shown in Table 6.Both European Union (EU) andThailand Food and drug administration (FDA) also adopt this JECFA standard to control the specification of food grade CaO.\\u003csup\\u003e42\\u003c/sup\\u003e The comparison of the bio-calcium products CES and CEMS with the JECFA standard using the mean values with standard deviations is shown in Table 6. It is clear that the specifications of the CES and CEMS samples meet the JECFA standard. The chemical content of impurities in the CEMS product, which was obtained from eggshells containing eggshell membrane, was slightly higher than for the CES samples. These results correspond well with the XRF data. This indicates that the impurities might have originated from the eggshell membrane. In addition, lead was not detected neither in the CES nor in the CEMS sample.\\u003c/p\\u003e\"},{\"header\":\"CONCLUSION\",\"content\":\"\\u003cp\\u003eFactors effecting the operational production of bio-CaO derived from hatchery eggshell waste via thermal decomposition in a rotary kiln are reported for the first time in this study. All calcination treatments were carried out at 800\\u0026deg;C with a rotational speed of 0.5 RPM and a 5\\u0026deg; inclination of the kiln. This study found that the preparation methods of raw eggshell samples play an important role in determining the purity of the obtained CaO. Production yield of CaO is increased by about 17.7% upon increasing the particle size of raw eggshell waste from 250 \\u0026micro;m to 3.3 mm. The purity of the obtained CaO decreased by about 0.7\\u0026ndash;1.3% when the calcination is carried out with eggshell waste containing eggshell membrane. The color assessment and SCI index indicated that calcination of samples in the air atmosphere provides a preferable white color of the bio-CaO product while calcination in the N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere provides the CaO product with gray to dark gray color. The XRD and XRF analyses showed that all the obtained bio-CaO products were crystalline and the purity of the obtained CaO products was in the range of 96\\u0026ndash;98%. The specific BET surface area of this mesoporous bio-CaO was in the range of 3.07\\u0026ndash;6.88 m\\u003csup\\u003e3\\u003c/sup\\u003e/g. This study also found that further increasing of raw material filling in the kiln from 5\\u0026ndash;20% has only slightly altered both production yield and purity of the obtained CaO. This implies that optimum continuous production of CaO with this rotary kiln is possible on a large scale. Furthermore, the purity of the bio-CaO produced from these experiments conforms to both an industrial standard and a food additive standard.\\u003c/p\\u003e\"},{\"header\":\"Declarations\",\"content\":\"\\u003cp\\u003eThe authors declare no competing financial interest.\\u003c/p\\u003e\\u003ch2\\u003eAuthor Contribution\\u003c/h2\\u003e\\u003cp\\u003eS. Chuakham, A. I. Putkham, Y. Chaiyachet, A. Saengprajak, K. Banlue, N. Tanpaiboonku and A. Putkham conceived and planned the experiments. S. Chuakham, Y. Chaiyachet, and A. I. Putkham carried out the experiments. A. Saengprajak, K. Banlue, N. Tanpaiboonku. and A. Putkham contributed to the interpretation of the results. A. I. Putkham and A. Putkham took the lead in writing the manuscript. All authors provided critical feedback and helped shape the research, analysis, and manuscript.\\u003c/p\\u003e\\u003ch2\\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENT\\u003c/h2\\u003e \\u003cp\\u003eThe authors are grateful for financially supported from Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI). Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CPF) is also appreciated for their technical assistance.\\u003c/p\\u003e\\u003ch2\\u003eData Availability\\u003c/h2\\u003e\\u003cp\\u003eThe datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study available from the corresponding author on reasonable request\\u003c/p\\u003e\"},{\"header\":\"References\",\"content\":\"\\u003col\\u003e\\u003cli\\u003e\\u003cspan\\u003eYuvaraj, P.; Rao, J. R.; Fathima, N. 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Eggshell waste has received significant attention from researchers due to it being a potential source of bio-CaO, which not only drives the circular economy concept but also supports sustainable development. However, experiments on the production of bio-CaO are normally conducted in a small lab-scale furnace. Furthermore, the eggshell raw material is collected from canteens or households, which is not suitable for economical or industrial production. Therefore, this study investigated the factors affecting the bio-CaO production from hatchery waste via both batch and continuous calcination process in a laboratory-scale rotary kiln for the first time. The eggshells were first separated from the solid hatchery waste. Then, the effect of preparation methods of raw eggshells on the properties of bio-CaO was investigated, e.g., eggshells with and without membrane separation, various particle sizes, and with an increase of the percent raw material filling in the kiln from 5\\u0026ndash;20%. Calcination of the samples was performed in a rotary kiln at 800\\u0026deg;C with a 0.5 RPM rotating speed and a 5\\u0026deg; inclination of the kiln. The effects of the calcination process in either an air or N\\u003csub\\u003e2\\u003c/sub\\u003e atmosphere on the calcined product were also observed. Instrumental analysis shows that the production yield and purity of bio-CaO were in the range of 49\\u0026ndash;56 wt% and 97\\u0026ndash;98%, respectively. The results also indicated that the production yield of bio-CaO decreased to 17.7% with a decrease in the raw material particle size from 3.3 mm to 250 \\u0026micro;m. Moreover, the production of bio-CaO with eggshells containing eggshell membrane decreases the purity of calcium oxide by about 0.7\\u0026ndash;1.0%. In addition, further increasing the filling volume of the kiln from 5\\u0026ndash;20% had only a slight effect on the purity and yield of the product. These results imply that it is not necessary to remove the eggshell membrane from the raw eggshells in order to produce industrial-grade CaO from the raw eggshell. These new findings can likely be used to develop an alternative process design to reduce the manufacturing cost of bio-CaO produced from hatchery waste. 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