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This study aims to enhance the energy use of two products of industry — Queen Palm residue and kraft lignin (KF) — through the combination of two technologies — briquetting and slow pyrolysis. The addition of 20% KF provided briquettes with higher physical, energy, and mechanical properties. The yields of the pyrolysis products were affected by both the pyrolysis temperature and the addition of KF. In the bio-oil, the presence of phenols, methyl phenols, and methoxy phenols was highlighted; these compounds were present in greater quantities in the treatments with KF. It is concluded that combining the briquetting and pyrolysis processes produces both energy and economic benefits because it is possible to transport lighter loads with the same amount of energy per volume. Under the briquetting conditions adopted in this study, the addition of KF as a binder is necessary because this results in briquettes with better physical, energy and mechanical properties.
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The authors acknowledge the Brazilian institutions CAPES (Federal Agency for the Support and Improvement of Higher Education), CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development), and FAPEMIG (Minas Gerais State Research Foundation) for their support of this research and biomass energy platform of the Forest Products Laboratory (LPF) of the Brazilian Forest Service.
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This study was supported by FAPEMIG APQ-00086–18 (Minas Gerais State Research Foundation).
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Pedro Paulo Dunice van Els, Carine Setter, and Tiago José Pires de Oliveira were responsible for the study and contributed to the study’s conception and design. Material preparation and data collection were performed by Pedro Paulo Dunice van Els. All authors contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data. Pedro Paulo Dunice Van Els wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors contributed to manuscript revision, read, and approved the submitted version.
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van Els, P.P.D., Setter, C. & de Oliveira, T.J.P. Evaluation of Queen Palm residues and kraft lignin in the production of biofuels using densification and slow pyrolysis technology. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 90011–90022 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22075-z
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