Pyrolysis of agricultural waste biomass towards production of gas fuel and high-quality char: Experimental and numerical investigationsShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Fuel, ISSN 0016-2361, E-ISSN 1873-7153, Vol. 296Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Biomass wastes are sustainable, renewable, and promising energy sources. In this study, the pyrolysis of agricultural biomass was investigated to determine the most promising process parameters for pyrolytic gas production. The pyrolysis investigations were carried out under nitrogen atmosphere at 300, 400, 500, and 600 ?C on the microscale using simultaneous thermal analysis and a laboratory-scale semi-batch vertical reactor. The solid, liquid, and gaseous products were characterised in detail, including the elemental and chemical composition. The gas and liquid products analyses were provided. It was found that the quality of the pyrolytic gas increased with temperature, both in terms of the pyrolytic gas yield and concentration of gaseous components (hydrogen and methane), whereas the carbon dioxide concentration decreased with temperature. The condensed vapours were rich in phenolic and aromatic compounds, and it was noted that the acetic acid concentration increased with temperature. The chemical functional groups in the char were determined using infrared spectroscopy. The carbon content increased with temperature, whereas the hydrogen content decreased. Further decomposition of the organic matrix was observed with increasing temperature. Additionally, chemical modelling of pyrolytic gas was performed using Ansys Chemkin-Pro software and compared with the experimental results. The computational results showed a good correlation with the measured pyrolytic gas composition, especially in the case of the major gas components.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2021. Vol. 296
Keywords [en]
Agricultural biomass, Pyrolysis, Char, Tar, Pyrolytic gas, Ansys Chemkin-Pro
National Category
Energy Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-296366DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.120611ISI: 000640937200003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85104963165OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-296366DiVA, id: diva2:1569796
Note
QC 20210621
2021-06-212021-06-212022-06-25Bibliographically approved