Pyrolysis of corn stalk biomass briquettes in a scaled-up microwave technology

Salema AA 1 , Afzal MT 2 , Bennamoun L 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 46150 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada. Electronic address: mafzal@unb.ca
  • 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
Bioresour Technol, 2017 Jun;233:353-362.
PMID: 28285228 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.02.113

Abstract

Pyrolysis of corn stalk biomass briquettes was carried out in a developed microwave (MW) reactor supplied with 2.45GHz frequency using 3kW power generator. MW power and biomass loading were the key parameters investigated in this study. Highest bio-oil, biochar, and gas yield of 19.6%, 41.1%, and 54.0% was achieved at different process condition. In terms of quality, biochar exhibited good heating value (32MJ/kg) than bio-oil (2.47MJ/kg). Bio-oil was also characterised chemically using FTIR and GC-MS method. This work may open new dimension towards development of large-scale MW pyrolysis technology.

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