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Effect of temperature and feed rate on pyrolysis oil produced via helical screw fluidized bed reactor

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A series of experiments was conducted to study the effect of temperature and feed rate on physicochemical properties and yield of bio-oil. The experiments were performed in a helical screw fluidized bed reactor and about 150-gram palm shell (PS) was pyrolyzed in each run at 275 °C/min heating rate. The first set of experiments was conducted at temperature ranging from 400 to 650 °C without using any inert gas for fluidization. While the second set of experiments were performed at feed rates ranging from 3 to 25 g/min in order to investigate the effects of feed rate on pyrolytic products. Results showed that the bio-oil yield was increased with the increase in temperature and feed rate due to the enhanced biomass volatilization. In a similar vein to this, a greater extent in oxygenates cracking was also noted in the bio-oil. A maximum liquid yield of about 72.84 wt% was obtained at 500 °C, while 72.92 wt% liquid yield was obtained with 25 g/min feed rate. The HHV of bio-oil was also increased from 38.52 to 43.13 MJ/kg when pyrolysis temperature was increased from 400 to 650 °C.

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The authors thank GSP-MOHE, University of Malaya for funding this study through the project number MO008-2015. This work is also supported by Xiamen University Malaysia Research Fund (Grant No: XMUMRF/2021-C7/IENG/0032).

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Khan Muhammad Qureshi, Saima Khan & Wan Mohd Ashri Wan Daud

  2. School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Jalan Sunsuria, Bandar Sunsuria, 43900, Sepang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Andrew Ng Kay Lup

  3. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian, China

    Andrew Ng Kay Lup

  4. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, 21911, Saudi Arabia

    Faisal Abnisa

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Qureshi, K.M., Lup, A.N.K., Khan, S. et al. Effect of temperature and feed rate on pyrolysis oil produced via helical screw fluidized bed reactor. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 38, 1797–1809 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-021-0842-0

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