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Apricot pulps was pyrolyzed in a fixed-bed reactor under different pyrolysis conditions to determine the role of final temperature, sweeping gas flow rate and steam velocity on the product yields and liquid product composition with a heating rate of 5°C/min. Final temperature range studied was between 300 and 700°C and the highest liquid product yield was obtained at 550°C. Liquid product yield increased...
The diesel fuel was mixed with the rice husk bio-oil using some emulsifiers based on the theory of Hydrophile-Lipophile Balance (HLB). The lubricity of the bio-oil/diesel fuel blend was studied on a High Frequency Reciprocating Test Rig (HFRR) according to ASTM D 6079–2004. The microscopic topography and chemical composition on the worn surface were analyzed respectively using scanning electron microscopy...
Renewable fuels are major alternatives to conventional fossil fuels. Biomass in the form of agricultural and industrial residues is fast becoming popular among new renewable energy sources. Hydrothermal liquefaction can thermochemically convert biomass residues into bio-oil. This work investigates the hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae Dunaliella tertiolecta cake under various liquefaction temperatures,...
Sustainable pathways for producing hydrogen as a synthesis intermediate or as a clean energetic vector will be needed in the future. Renewable biomass resources should be taken into account in this new scenario. Processing through a pyrolysis step, optimized to high liquid production (bio-oil), increases the energy bulk density of biomass for transportation. Steam reforming of the aqueous fraction...
As production of palm oil is expanding, a more efficient use of oil palm biomass to obtain more energy from oil palm plantations is investigated. The work was carried out on a fluidised bed bench scale fast pyrolysis unit, with the objective of determining the important conditions and key variables which are required to maximise the liquid yield and its quality. The investigation on the impact of...
This article reviews the hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass with the aim of describing the current status of the technology. Hydrothermal liquefaction is a medium-temperature, high-pressure thermochemical process, which produces a liquid product, often called bio-oil or bi-crude. During the hydrothermal liquefaction process, the macromolecules of the biomass are first hydrolyzed and/or degraded...
The effect of different organic solvents, such as methanol, ethanol and 1,4-dioxane, on thermochemical liquefaction characteristics of Spirulina (a kind of high-protein microalgae) was systematically studied. The liquefaction experiments were conducted in a 1000 mL autoclave at different temperatures from 573 to 653 K with a fixed solid/liquid ratio. Liquefaction of Spirulina processed in methanol...
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the chemical exergy (e CH ), the higher heating value (HHV) and the lower heating value (LHV) of liquid products obtained from catalytic fast pyrolysis of hazelnut cupulae. In this study, the first and the second law of fast pyrolysis products of a biomass sample investigated experimentally in fixed-bed reactor under various conditions have been done...
The main aim of the present study was to investigate the characteristics of products from hydrothermal treatments of cellulose in an autoclave at various temperatures (200 °C–400 °C) and residence times (5 min–2 h). The gas products mainly consisted of CO 2 , CO, CH 4, and H 2 at 250 °C–400 °C for 30 min. Heavy oil mainly contained furans, phenols, carboxylic acids, aldehydes,...
Fast pyrolysis of agricultural residues from sugarcane and cassava plantations was carried out in a laboratory-scale free-fall reactor unit. The objectives of this work were to investigate the effects of biomass types and pyroysis conditions, such as reactor temperature, condensation temperature, nitrogen flow rate and run duration, on pyrolysis product distribution, as well as to study the basic...
This paper describes the use of bio-oil derived from the pyrolysis of waste wood in a single cylinder, air cooled, direct injection (DI), diesel engine developing power of 4.4 kW at 1500 rpm used in agricultural and standby applications. The combustion, performance and emission characteristics of the diesel engine fueled with three different emulsions made from wood pyrolysis oil (WPO) and Jatropha...
Lignocellulosic biomass, microalgae and sewage sludge have distinct compositions and structures to each other. To understand the effect of feedstock differences on biomass liquefaction process, the liquefaction characteristics of rice straw (lignocellulosic biomass), Spirulina (microalgae) and sewage sludge were comparatively studied. Liquefaction experiments were performed in a 500 mL autoclave at...
Microwave-assisted direct liquefaction (MADL) of Ulva prolifera was performed in ethylene glycol (EG) using sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ) as a catalyst. Response Surface Methodology (RSM) based on central composite rotatable design (CCRD) was employed to optimize the conditions of three independent variables (catalyst content, solvent-to-feedstock ratio and temperature) for the liquefaction...
Slow pyrolysis of eastern giant fennel (Ferula orientalis L.) stalks has been performed in a fixed-bed tubular reactor with (ZnO, Al2O3) and without catalyst at six different temperatures ranging from 350 °C to 600 °C with heating rates of 15, 30, 50 °C/min. The amounts of bio-char, bio-oil and gas produced, as well as the compositions of the resulting bio-oils were determined by FT-IR and GC–MS....
In the present study, the thermal decomposition behavior of three common biowastes in Taiwan (cedar sawdust, coffee bean residue, and rice straw) upon fast pyrolysis was studied. Products were determined by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. The composition of the resulting bio-oils was also quantified. TGA (thermogravimetric analysis) results indicate that thermal degradation of the biowaste samples...
The rotatable design was applied for directing pyrolysis experiment of palm bark with the variation of retention time and reaction temperature. Based on the regression equations, the optimal operating conditions were extrapolated at 13.2 min, 459 °C and 15.7 min, 475 °C. The gas product comprised mainly C 1 –C 4 hydrocarbons with the content up to 58.2 wt% while the liquid product...
This study used the fast pyrolysis method to produce bio-oil from coffee bean residue. The oil was mixed with diesel fuel through emulsification to produce emulsified fuel with varying proportions. A single-cylinder diesel engine connected to a 12-kW power generation system was used as the test system to examine the performance indices of a diesel engine under various loads and rotational speeds when...
In this paper, emulsion fuels from crude bio-oil and its molecular distillation fractions were prepared by single ultrasonic and ultrasonic-mechanical emulsification. The results showed that the emulsions from crude bio-oil and 0# diesel had the best stability, with a stability time of 31 days. The stability time of the bio-oil middle fraction emulsion was 216 min, while that of the bio-oil heavy...
Crude bio-oil produced from fast pyrolysis of yellow poplar wood was subjected to HDO (hydrodeoxygenation) for the purpose of reducing water content as well as increasing heating value. HDO was performed in an autoclave reactor at three different reaction factors: temperature (250–370 °C), reaction time (40–120 min), and Pd/C catalyst loading (0–6 wt%) under hydrogen atmosphere. After completion of...
Fast pyrolysis of ACQ (alkaline copper quaternary)-treated wood was carried out in a bench-scale pyrolysis plant equipped with a fluidized bed reactor and char separation system. This study focused on the production of a bio-oil with low copper and chlorine contents, especially by adopting the fractional condensation of bio-oil using water condensers, an impact separator and an electrostatic precipitator...
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