Title :
Bio-oil from biomass: Thermal pyrolysis of mahua seed
Author :
Pradhan, Dhiraj ; Singh, R.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. Eng., Nat. Inst. of Technol., Rourkela, India
Abstract :
Energy crisis and environmental damage forces the desires to utilize biomass as the source of energy which can be an alternative solution for the replacement of fossil fuels. Thermal pyrolysis of mahua seed (Madhuca indica) was studied in semi-batch reactor at different pyrolysis temperatures. The effects of temperatures on product yield and composition of product were investigated. The maximum oil yield of (59.95%) was obtained at an optimum pyrolysis temperature of 525°C. The results showed that the obtained oil can be used as an alternative fuel.
Keywords :
bioenergy conversion; biofuel; bioreactors; pyrolysis; Madhuca indica; Mahua seed; bio-oil; energy crisis; energy sources; environmental damage; fossil fuels; product yield; semibatch reactor; temperature 525 degC; thermal pyrolysis; Biomass; Fuels; Heating; Inductors; Liquids; Production; Temperature distribution; CHNS; FTIR; Mahua seed; Thermal pyrolysis;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nagercoil
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6149-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICEETS.2013.6533433
