Loading...
Intermediate pyrolysis of biomass energy pellets for producing sustainable liquid, gaseous and solid fuels
Yang, Y. Brammer, John G. Mahmood, Asad S. N. Hornung, Andreas
Yang, Y.
Brammer, John G.
Mahmood, Asad S. N.
Hornung, Andreas
Advisors
Editors
Other Contributors
EPub Date
Publication Date
2014-07-16
Submitted Date
Collections
Other Titles
Abstract
This work describes the use of intermediate pyrolysis system to produce liquid, gaseous and solid fuels from pelletised wood and barley straw feedstock. Experiments were conducted in a pilot-scale system and all products were collected and analysed. The liquid products were separated into an aqueous phase and an organic phase (pyrolysis oil) under gravity. The oil yields were 34.1 wt.% and 12.0 wt.% for wood and barley straw, respectively. Analysis found that both oils were rich in heterocyclic and phenolic compounds and have heating values over 24 MJ/kg. The yields of char for both feedstocks were found to be about 30 wt.%, with heating values similar to that of typical sub-bituminous class coal. Gas yields were calculated to be approximately 20 wt.%. Studies showed that both gases had heating values similar to that
of downdraft gasification producer gas. Analysis on product energy yields indicated the process efficiency was about 75%.
Citation
Yang, Y., Brammer, J. G., Mahmood, A.S.N., & Hornung, A. (2014). Intermediate pyrolysis of biomass energy pellets for producing sustainable liquid, gaseous and solid fuels. Bioresource Technology, 169, 794-799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.07.044
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal
Bioresource Technology
Research Unit
DOI
10.1016/j.biortech.2014.07.044
PubMed ID
PubMed Central ID
Type
Article
Language
en
Description
Series/Report no.
ISSN
0960-8524
EISSN
1873-2976