Torrefaction of empty fruit bunches under biomass combustion gas atmosphere

Torrefaction of oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) under combustion gas atmosphere was conducted in a batch reactor at 473, 523 and 573 K in order to investigate the effect of real combustion gas on torrefaction behavior. The solid mass yield of torrefaction in combustion gas was smaller than that o...

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Main Authors: Uemura, Y., Sellappah, V., Trinh, T.H., Hassan, S., Tanoue, K.-I.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2017
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spelling utp-eprints.197982018-04-20T07:49:10Z Torrefaction of empty fruit bunches under biomass combustion gas atmosphere Uemura, Y. Sellappah, V. Trinh, T.H. Hassan, S. Tanoue, K.-I. Torrefaction of oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) under combustion gas atmosphere was conducted in a batch reactor at 473, 523 and 573 K in order to investigate the effect of real combustion gas on torrefaction behavior. The solid mass yield of torrefaction in combustion gas was smaller than that of torrefaction in nitrogen. This may be attributed to the decomposition enhancement effect by oxygen and carbon dioxide in combustion gas. Under combustion gas atmosphere, the solid yield for torrefaction of EFB became smaller as the temperature increased. The representative products of combustion gas torrefaction were carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide (gas phase) and water, phenol and acetic acid (liquid phase). By comparing torrefaction in combustion gas with torrefaction in nitrogen gas, it was found that combustion gas can be utilized as torrefaction gas to save energy and inert gas. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Elsevier Ltd 2017 Article PeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85026861773&doi=10.1016%2fj.biortech.2017.06.057&partnerID=40&md5=18280cd682675a32519af0801534b2af Uemura, Y. and Sellappah, V. and Trinh, T.H. and Hassan, S. and Tanoue, K.-I. (2017) Torrefaction of empty fruit bunches under biomass combustion gas atmosphere. Bioresource Technology, 243 . pp. 107-117. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/19798/
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description Torrefaction of oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) under combustion gas atmosphere was conducted in a batch reactor at 473, 523 and 573 K in order to investigate the effect of real combustion gas on torrefaction behavior. The solid mass yield of torrefaction in combustion gas was smaller than that of torrefaction in nitrogen. This may be attributed to the decomposition enhancement effect by oxygen and carbon dioxide in combustion gas. Under combustion gas atmosphere, the solid yield for torrefaction of EFB became smaller as the temperature increased. The representative products of combustion gas torrefaction were carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide (gas phase) and water, phenol and acetic acid (liquid phase). By comparing torrefaction in combustion gas with torrefaction in nitrogen gas, it was found that combustion gas can be utilized as torrefaction gas to save energy and inert gas. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd
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author Uemura, Y.
Sellappah, V.
Trinh, T.H.
Hassan, S.
Tanoue, K.-I.
spellingShingle Uemura, Y.
Sellappah, V.
Trinh, T.H.
Hassan, S.
Tanoue, K.-I.
Torrefaction of empty fruit bunches under biomass combustion gas atmosphere
author_sort Uemura, Y.
title Torrefaction of empty fruit bunches under biomass combustion gas atmosphere
title_short Torrefaction of empty fruit bunches under biomass combustion gas atmosphere
title_full Torrefaction of empty fruit bunches under biomass combustion gas atmosphere
title_fullStr Torrefaction of empty fruit bunches under biomass combustion gas atmosphere
title_full_unstemmed Torrefaction of empty fruit bunches under biomass combustion gas atmosphere
title_sort torrefaction of empty fruit bunches under biomass combustion gas atmosphere
publisher Elsevier Ltd
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