Co-pyrolysis of Rice Husk with Underutilized Biomass Species: A Sustainable Route for Production of Precursors for Fuels and Valuable Chemicals

MOHAMMED, Isah Yakub, LIM, Chun Hsion, KABIR, Feroz, YUSUP, Suzana, LAM, Hon Loong and ABAKR, Yousif Abdalla (2016). Co-pyrolysis of Rice Husk with Underutilized Biomass Species: A Sustainable Route for Production of Precursors for Fuels and Valuable Chemicals. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 8, 911-921.

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Abstract

In this study, co-pyrolysis of rice husk with underutilized biomass, Napier grass and sago waste was carried out in a fixed bed reactor at 600 �C, 30 �C/min and 5 L/min nitrogen flowrate. Two-phase bio-oil (organic and aqueous) was collected and characterized using standard analytical techniques. 34.13–45.55 wt% total boil-oil yield was recorded using assorted biomass compared to pure risk husk biomass with 31.51 wt% yield. The organic phase consist mainly benzene derivatives with higher proportion in the oil from the co-pyrolysis process relative to the organic phase from the pyrolysis of the individual biomass while the aqueous phase in all cases was predominantly water, acids, ketones, aldehydes, sugars and traces of phenolics. This study has demonstrated a good approach towards increasing valorization of rice husk in a single reaction step for the production of high grade bio-oil, which can be transformed into fuel and valuable chemicals.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 0399 Other Chemical Sciences; 0904 Chemical Engineering; 0907 Environmental Engineering
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-016-9599-9
Page Range: 911-921
SWORD Depositor: Symplectic Elements
Depositing User: Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited: 02 Jun 2020 13:11
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 01:31
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/26283

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