• DocumentCode
    609286
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    10-12 April 2013
  • Firstpage
    487
  • Lastpage
    490
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nagercoil
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-6149-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEETS.2013.6533433
  • Filename
    6533433