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Title: | Flash co-pyrolysis of biomass with biopolymers : a preliminary evaluation. | Authors: | CORNELISSEN, Tom JANS, Maarten YPERMAN, Jan Reggers, R. SCHREURS, Sonja THEWYS, Theo CARLEER, Robert |
Issue Date: | 2007 | Source: | ECO-TECH 2007, Kalmar, Zweden, 26-28 November, 2007 | Abstract: | Bio-oil obtained via flash pyrolysis shows potential to be applied as a renewable fuel. Howeer, bio-oil often contains high amounts of water, which is a major drawback for its application. The influence of a biopolymer - polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) on the pyrolysis of willow is investigated using a semi-continuous home-built pyrolysis reactor. The flash co-pyrolysis of willow/PHB blends (w/w ratio 7:1, 3:1, 2:1 and 1:1) clearly shows particular merits: a synergetic increase in pyrolysis yield, a synergetic reduction of the water content in bio-oil, an increase in heating value, and a production of easily separable chemicals. The occurrence of synergetic interactions is observed based on a comparison between the actual pyrolysis results of the willow/PHB blends, the theoretical pyrolysis results calculated from the reference pyrolysis experiments (pure willow and pure PHB) and their respective w/w ratio. The co-pyrolysis of 1:1 willow/PHB shows the best overall results. | Keywords: | flash co-pyrolysis; willow; polyhydroxybutyrate; pyrolytic water; bio-oil | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/13032 | Category: | C2 | Type: | Conference Material |
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