Effects of Pyrolysis Temperature on Product Yields and Energy Recovery from Co-Feeding of Cotton Gin Trash, Cow Manure, and Microalgae: A Simulation Study. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The intensive search of new and cleaner energy catches interest in recent years due to huge consumption of fossil fuels coupled with the challenge of energy and environmental sustainability. Production of renewable and environmentally benign energy from locally available raw materials is coming in the frontline. In this work, conversion of the combined biomass (cotton gin trash, cow manure, and Microalgae [Nannochloropsis oculata]) through batch pyrolysis has been investigated. The effect of temperature to the production of energy fuels such as bio-oil, char, and biogas have been simulated considering the yield and energy content as responses. Result of the investigation generally revealed that the proportions of the different biomass did not significantly affect the product yield and energy recovery. Significant effect of temperature is evident in the simulation result of energy recovery whereby maximum conversion was achieved at 400C for char (91 wt%), 600C for syngas (22 wt%), and 551C for bio-oil (48 wt%). Overall energy conversion efficiency of 75.5% was obtained at 589C in which 15.6 MJ/kg of mixed biomass will be elevated to pyrolysis products.

published proceedings

  • PLoS One

altmetric score

  • 1

author list (cited authors)

  • Hanif, M. U., Capareda, S. C., Iqbal, H., Arazo, R. O., & Baig, M. A.

citation count

  • 23

complete list of authors

  • Hanif, Muhammad Usman||Capareda, Sergio C||Iqbal, Hamid||Arazo, Renato Ortiz||Baig, Muhammad Anwar

editor list (cited editors)

  • Vazquez-Duhalt, R.

publication date

  • April 2016