Pyrolysis behavior of rice straw under carbon dioxide for production of bio-oil

Bijoy Biswas, Rawel Singh, Jitendra Kumar, Raghuvir Singh, Piyush Gupta, Bhavya B. Krishna and Thallada Bhaskar

Renewable Energy, 2018, vol. 129, issue PB, 686-694

Abstract: Pyrolysis is an important thermo-chemical method for effective utilization of lignocellulosic biomass. The pyrolysis of rice straw has been carried out using fixed bed reactor under CO2 environment at temperatures ranging from 300 to 450 °C to study the effect of CO2 and temperature. The maximum oil yield (34.5 wt. %) was obtained at 400 °C. The solid residue yield decreased when the temperature increased from 300 to 450 °C, while the gas yields increased. The results showed that both the temperature and reaction atmosphere had an influence on the product distribution and nature of the products. The main compounds observed in the bio-oil were phenol, 2-ethyl-Phenol, 2-methyl-Phenol, 2-methoxy-Phenol, 2-Methoxy-4-vinylphenol, 2, 6-dimethoxy-Phenol. Liquid product obtained from pyrolysis of rice straw showed high proton percentage from region 1.5–3.0 ppm, around 31–34.5% of protons resonate in this region indicating that the liquid products have high aliphatic proton content. Bio-oil produced at 400 °C indicated the higher proton percentage 34.5% in this region (1.5–3.0 ppm), higher than the other conditions. The bio-chars were amorphous in nature. The SEM images revealed that with increase in temperature, the cracks and breakages on the char surface are clearly observed and retained less evidence of original cell structures.

Keywords: CO2 utilization; Rice straw; Slow pyrolysis; Bio-oil; Bio-char (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.04.048

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