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Microwave Pyrolysis for Bio-oil Production from Wood

Renewable energy is of growing importance in satisfying environmental concerns over fossil fuel usage. Wood and other forms of biomass including energy crops and agricultural and forestry wastes are some of the main renewable energy resources available. Fast pyrolysis is one of the thermal conversio...

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Main Author: Mashitah Binti Mohsin, Mashitah
Format: Final Year Project
Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2011
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TP Chemical technology
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spelling my-utp-utpedia.4292017-01-19T15:45:15Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/429/ Microwave Pyrolysis for Bio-oil Production from Wood Mashitah Binti Mohsin, Mashitah TP Chemical technology Renewable energy is of growing importance in satisfying environmental concerns over fossil fuel usage. Wood and other forms of biomass including energy crops and agricultural and forestry wastes are some of the main renewable energy resources available. Fast pyrolysis is one of the thermal conversion processes of biomass besides torrefaction, gasification and combustion in the production of biofuel. It is proved that the product of pyrolysis can be further improved by using microwave as a decomposition method. Microwave provides better and uniform temperature distribution during heating as what is explained in the literature review section. The type and characteristics of feedstock and pyrolysis parameters will affect the product distribution and the decomposition of biomass. Hence, the objective of this project is to study the characteristic of bio-oil produced by microwave at different particle size of the feedstock. Pyrolysis and the results will be compared within the different particle sizes of feedstock. Literature reviews on previous similar scope of studies and experimental work are reviewed to provide better understanding and to improve current ideas on this project. The methodology explains the project’s activities and tasks conducted in sequences, from samples preparation to product analysis. The key milestone and gantt chart which keeps track of the project work, shows the project is completed on time. The results which cover the ash content analysis, CHNS, calorific value, water content and others are elaborated in detail in the results and discussion section of this report. Trends are constructed to compare the characteristic of the bio-oil using different sizes of biomass. Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2011-05 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed Mashitah Binti Mohsin, Mashitah (2011) Microwave Pyrolysis for Bio-oil Production from Wood. Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Sri Iskandar,Tronoh,Perak. (Unpublished)
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Mashitah Binti Mohsin, Mashitah
Microwave Pyrolysis for Bio-oil Production from Wood
description Renewable energy is of growing importance in satisfying environmental concerns over fossil fuel usage. Wood and other forms of biomass including energy crops and agricultural and forestry wastes are some of the main renewable energy resources available. Fast pyrolysis is one of the thermal conversion processes of biomass besides torrefaction, gasification and combustion in the production of biofuel. It is proved that the product of pyrolysis can be further improved by using microwave as a decomposition method. Microwave provides better and uniform temperature distribution during heating as what is explained in the literature review section. The type and characteristics of feedstock and pyrolysis parameters will affect the product distribution and the decomposition of biomass. Hence, the objective of this project is to study the characteristic of bio-oil produced by microwave at different particle size of the feedstock. Pyrolysis and the results will be compared within the different particle sizes of feedstock. Literature reviews on previous similar scope of studies and experimental work are reviewed to provide better understanding and to improve current ideas on this project. The methodology explains the project’s activities and tasks conducted in sequences, from samples preparation to product analysis. The key milestone and gantt chart which keeps track of the project work, shows the project is completed on time. The results which cover the ash content analysis, CHNS, calorific value, water content and others are elaborated in detail in the results and discussion section of this report. Trends are constructed to compare the characteristic of the bio-oil using different sizes of biomass.
format Final Year Project
author Mashitah Binti Mohsin, Mashitah
author_facet Mashitah Binti Mohsin, Mashitah
author_sort Mashitah Binti Mohsin, Mashitah
title Microwave Pyrolysis for Bio-oil Production from Wood
title_short Microwave Pyrolysis for Bio-oil Production from Wood
title_full Microwave Pyrolysis for Bio-oil Production from Wood
title_fullStr Microwave Pyrolysis for Bio-oil Production from Wood
title_full_unstemmed Microwave Pyrolysis for Bio-oil Production from Wood
title_sort microwave pyrolysis for bio-oil production from wood
publisher Universiti Teknologi Petronas
publishDate 2011
url http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/429/
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