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Potential of upgrading domestic biomass into a higher energy density via torrefaction process

Torrefaction is a thermal treatment step in a relatively low temperature range of 240-300 C, which aims to produce a higher energy biomass in terms of low heating value (LHV) and light weight properties. Biomass in wood (sawdust) was used in this work due availability in tropical climate and relativ...

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Main Authors: Muhamad Iqbal Ahmad, Z.A Zainal, Abdullah Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Mazlan Mohamed, S.N Soid, K.M Nasir
Format: Non-Indexed Article
Published: Trans-Tech Publication 2013
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7871/
http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.795.620
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spelling my.umk.eprints.78712022-05-23T10:23:38Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7871/ Potential of upgrading domestic biomass into a higher energy density via torrefaction process Muhamad Iqbal Ahmad Z.A Zainal Abdullah Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Mazlan Mohamed S.N Soid K.M Nasir Torrefaction is a thermal treatment step in a relatively low temperature range of 240-300 C, which aims to produce a higher energy biomass in terms of low heating value (LHV) and light weight properties. Biomass in wood (sawdust) was used in this work due availability in tropical climate and relatively cheap. LHV of torrified sawdust was found to be increase as heating temperature increased, in absence of oxygen content. This is enhanced by way of decomposing the hemicelluloses fraction. The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) records the changes occurred in fixed carbon, volatile and ash in which it was recorded that an increase of fixed carbon and ash is seen in the increases of temperature and a decrease of volatile is vice versa. The study provides a clearer picture of the result obtained from TGA and HIV which improvise the biomass into higher energy output. Trans-Tech Publication 2013 Non-Indexed Article NonPeerReviewed Muhamad Iqbal Ahmad and Z.A Zainal and Abdullah Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri and Mazlan Mohamed and S.N Soid and K.M Nasir (2013) Potential of upgrading domestic biomass into a higher energy density via torrefaction process. Advanced Materials Research, 795. pp. 620-625. ISSN 1662-8985 http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.795.620 doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.795.620 doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.795.620
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description Torrefaction is a thermal treatment step in a relatively low temperature range of 240-300 C, which aims to produce a higher energy biomass in terms of low heating value (LHV) and light weight properties. Biomass in wood (sawdust) was used in this work due availability in tropical climate and relatively cheap. LHV of torrified sawdust was found to be increase as heating temperature increased, in absence of oxygen content. This is enhanced by way of decomposing the hemicelluloses fraction. The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) records the changes occurred in fixed carbon, volatile and ash in which it was recorded that an increase of fixed carbon and ash is seen in the increases of temperature and a decrease of volatile is vice versa. The study provides a clearer picture of the result obtained from TGA and HIV which improvise the biomass into higher energy output.
format Non-Indexed Article
author Muhamad Iqbal Ahmad
Z.A Zainal
Abdullah Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri
Mazlan Mohamed
S.N Soid
K.M Nasir
spellingShingle Muhamad Iqbal Ahmad
Z.A Zainal
Abdullah Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri
Mazlan Mohamed
S.N Soid
K.M Nasir
Potential of upgrading domestic biomass into a higher energy density via torrefaction process
author_facet Muhamad Iqbal Ahmad
Z.A Zainal
Abdullah Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri
Mazlan Mohamed
S.N Soid
K.M Nasir
author_sort Muhamad Iqbal Ahmad
title Potential of upgrading domestic biomass into a higher energy density via torrefaction process
title_short Potential of upgrading domestic biomass into a higher energy density via torrefaction process
title_full Potential of upgrading domestic biomass into a higher energy density via torrefaction process
title_fullStr Potential of upgrading domestic biomass into a higher energy density via torrefaction process
title_full_unstemmed Potential of upgrading domestic biomass into a higher energy density via torrefaction process
title_sort potential of upgrading domestic biomass into a higher energy density via torrefaction process
publisher Trans-Tech Publication
publishDate 2013
url http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7871/
http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.795.620
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