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Production of Bio-oil through Fast Pyrolysis of Baobab Waste Shells

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  • Asmaa Ali Mohammed Ali

    (University of Khartoum, Faculty of Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, Khartoum, Sudan)

  • Mustafa Abbas Mustafa

    (University of Khartoum)

  • Kamal Eldin Eltayeb Yassin

    (University of Khartoum, Faculty of Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, Khartoum, Sudan)

Abstract

The increasing demand for transportation fuel, due to increased urbanization, is now compounded by depleting and unstable crude oil reserves. Furthermore, the volatile market and the negative environmental impact of fossil fuels have driven the usage of biomass as a potential energy source. Of particular interest are biomass waste and baobab shells present an interesting option. The objective of this study is to produce bio oil by a fast pyrolysis process from baobab shells. The effect of reaction temperature, biomass particle size and fluidizing gas flow rate on the liquid product yield are investigated. The maximum liquid yield obtained was 36.6% at 500 OC at a N2 gas flowrate of 11.6 l/min and a particle size of less than 0.5 mm.

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  • Asmaa Ali Mohammed Ali & Mustafa Abbas Mustafa & Kamal Eldin Eltayeb Yassin, 2018. "Production of Bio-oil through Fast Pyrolysis of Baobab Waste Shells," European Journal of Engineering and Technology Research, European Open Science, vol. 3(7), pages 33-37, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejeng0:v:3:y:2018:i:7:id:60820
    DOI: 10.24018/ejeng.2018.3.7.820
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