Microwave pyrolysis of the spruce sawdust for producing high quality syngas

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989100%3A27710%2F16%3A86099203" target="_blank" >RIV/61989100:27710/16:86099203 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3303/CET1652052" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3303/CET1652052</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3303/CET1652052" target="_blank" >10.3303/CET1652052</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Microwave pyrolysis of the spruce sawdust for producing high quality syngas

Original language description

Currently, a demand for alternative energy sources to replace traditional fossil fuels is growing. Although there are still found new reserves or mining techniques - e.g. Shale gas, searching for new substitute solutions is needed. Waste from the wood processing industry could be serving as a potential feedstock for energy production, e.g. hydrogen. Microwave irradiation is an alternative heating method and has already been successfully applied to biomass pyrolysis. Compared with convectional heating processes where heat is transferred from the surface to the core of the material through conduction driven by temperature gradient, microwaves induce heat at the molecular level by direct conversion of the electromagnetic energy into heat, and therefore, they can provide uniform internal heating for material particles. Microwave pyrolysis promotes the heterogeneous catalytic reaction and produces greater concentration of syngas and hydrogen in the product gas than convectional pyrolysis. In addition, it is easier for a rapid start-up and shut-down. The biomass is mixed with a suitable material which significantly absorbs microwave radiation for generation of intensive heating in the reactor. In our case, the spruce sawdust was mixed with char from previous pyrolysis of spruce sawdust. Char from the pyrolysis of sawdust also contains small amounts of ash (up to 5 %), which includes alkali metals and alkaline earth metals. The presence of such char has a catalytic effect on the pyrolysis process, the cracking of tars and phenolic compounds to the simple gases (H2 and CO). In this work the influence of various parameters of microwave pyrolysis of spruce sawdust (microwave power, particle size, ratio of sawdust and char, pyrolysis duration, etc.) was studied to maximize the yield of hydrogen, or syngas. The influence of parameters on the quantity of products (gas, liquid and solid), but also the amount of waste water in the liquid condensate were studied.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20402 - Chemical process engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1208" target="_blank" >LO1208: Theoretical aspects of Energetic treatment of Waste and Environment Protection against negative impacts</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Chemical Engineering Transactions

ISSN

2283-9216

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

52

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

307-312

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85009799788