Brenda J. Álvarez-Chávez1 ,
Stéphane Godbout2 ,
Étienne Le Roux2 ,
Joahnn H. Palacios2 ,
Vijaya Raghavan1
1 McGill University, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Sainte-Anne-de- Bellevue, Canada
2 Research and Development Institute for the Agri-Environment (IRDA), Québec, Canada
Abstract
Fast pyrolysis is a thermochemical process capable of producing biofuels that can replace fossil fuels. Pyrolytic oil can be used for electricity production, heating and chemical extraction (Fu et al., 2017; Kalargaris et al., 2017). However, the quality of bio-oil is limited by its low chemical stability associated with aging, low calorific value, high water content, high viscosity and high acidity (Alvarez-Chavez et al., 2019; Carpenter et al., 2014). Therefore, it is necessary to improve the quality of bio-oil before its use in our daily life. This study provides the evaluation of the effect of the operating conditions of a pyrolyzer reactor and its condensing system on the quality and yield of bio-oil. Response surface analysis was applied to optimize the quality and yield of bio-oil using four operational variables of the pyrolyzer. As a result, statistical models corresponding to the studied responses were obtained.
Keywords
bio-oil,fast pyrolysis,fractional condensation
How to Cite
Álvarez-Chávez, B. J., Godbout, S., Le Roux, Étienne, Palacios, J. H., & Raghavan, V. (2020). Improved bio-oil yield and quality through fast pyrolysis and fractional condensation concepts. Renewable Energy, Biomass & Sustainability, 2(1), 9–11. https://doi.org/10.56845/rebs.v2i1.21
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