Thermochemical conversion of agricultural wastes applying different reforming temperatures

Joao Santos, Miloud Ouadi, Hessam Jahangiri, Andreas Hornung

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Abstract

Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant renewable resource existing, and presently it is considered as a promising feedstock for the synthesis of green chemicals and biofuels for reducing transportation emissions and dependence on fossil fuels.

In this research, a TCR (thermo-catalytic reforming) reactor is used to transform lignocellulosic biomass into high quality bio-oils, biochar and syngas.

Sugarcane bagasse (SB) and oat hulls (OH) were processed in the TCR (2 kg/h) at 450 ºC in the intermediate pyrolysis reactor (kept constant) and varying reforming temperature between 500-700 ºC. This paper studies the conversion potential of SB and OH into sustainable bioproducts at different reforming temperatures.

TCR oils contained the highest calorific value of 34.9 MJ/kg from SB and 35.0 MJ/kg from OH at 700 ºC which makes the bio-oil suitable to be applied as fuel for engines when compared to bio-oils produced from other pyrolysis technologies.

SB and OH pyrolysis gas at 700 ºC contained higher H2 yield 30.9 vol% and 31.6 vol%, respectively. The highest gas caloric values of SB and OH were 18.4 MJ/kg and 18.8 MJ/kg at the same reforming temperatures, respectively. Overall, the TCR results of SB and OH are promising for waste conversion into sustainable fuels.
Original languageEnglish
Article number106402
Number of pages12
JournalFuel Processing Technology
Volume203
Early online date10 Mar 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2020

Keywords

  • Biofuels
  • Oat hulls
  • Pyrolysis
  • Sugarcane bagasse
  • Thermo-catalytic reforming

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