BioResources (Feb 2010)

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON BIO-OIL PYROLYSIS/GASIFICATION

  • Mou Zhang,
  • Han-Ping Chen,
  • Ying Gao,
  • Rui-Xue He,
  • Hai-Ping Yang,
  • Xian-Hua Wang,
  • Shi-Hong Zhang

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 135 – 146

Abstract

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This study aims to understand the mechanism of bio-oil gasification and the influence of operating parameters on the properties of the gas products. Firstly, the pyrolysis/gasification of bio-oil was performed using a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA). The evaporation of gas products from bio-oil were measured on-line with coupled Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The main gas products were CO, CO2, CH4, H2O, and light hydrocarbons, etc. Organics mainly evolved out at lower temperature (100-200°C), while the cracking of heavy hydrocarbon components took place at higher temperature (>200°C). Simultaneously, the gasification behavior of bio-oil was investigated in a fixed bed gasification reactor under different temperature and residence time. The gas product evolving was checked using micro-gas chromatography. It was observed that the yield of CO and H2 increased with increasing gasification temperature above 600°C, and the maximum value was obtained at 800°C. Prolonging the residence time was not favorable for the upgrading of syngas quality.

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