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Production and characterization of bio-oil and bio-char from pyrolysis of potato peel wastes

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Bio-oil and bio-char were produced from potato peel waste (PPW) and PPW fermentation residue (PPW-FR) using a laboratory-scale auger pyrolyzer at 450 °C. Proximate and ultimate analyses of the feedstock materials PPW and PPW-FR were determined. The bio-oils were fractionated and analyzed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). The bio-chars were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and butane activity (BA) measurement. The PPW and PPW-FR bio-oils had a relatively high level of lipid and suberin-derived compounds as compared with hybrid poplar (HP) pyrolysis bio-oil. The BA measurement also suggested that PPW and PPW-FR bio-chars have better adsorption performances than HP bio-char.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge (i) the financial support from the J.R. Simplot Company, (ii) USDA-CSREES grant 2005-35103-15243 for supporting the FTIR spectrometer, and (iii) Thermoscientific for the LCQ-Deca mass spectrometer.

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  1. Environmental Science Program, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 83844-3006, USA

    Shaobo Liang & Armando G. McDonald

  2. Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 83844-1132, USA

    Yinglei Han, Liqing Wei & Armando G. McDonald

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Liang, S., Han, Y., Wei, L. et al. Production and characterization of bio-oil and bio-char from pyrolysis of potato peel wastes. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 5, 237–246 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-014-0130-x

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