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Factors affecting the yield of bio-oil from the pyrolysis of coconut shell
- Source :
- SpringerPlus
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Coconut is a high-quality agricultural product of the Asia–Pacific region. In this paper, coconut shell which mainly composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin was used as a raw material for coconut shell oil from coconut shell pyrolysis. The influence of the pyrolysis temperature, heating rate and particle size on coconut oil yield was investigated, and the effect of heating rate on coconut oil components was discussed. Experimental results show that the maximum oil yield of 75.74 wt% (including water) were obtained under the conditions that the final pyrolysis temperature 575 °C, heating rate 20 °C/min, coconut shell diameter about 5 mm. Thermal gravimetric analysis was used and it can be seen that coconut shell pyrolysis process can be divided into three stages: water loss, pyrolysis and pyrocondensation. The main components of coconut-shell oil are water (about 50 wt%), aromatic, phenolic, acid, ketone and ether containing compounds.
- Subjects :
- Coconut shell
Multidisciplinary
food.ingredient
020209 energy
Research
Coconut oil
02 engineering and technology
Raw material
Pulp and paper industry
chemistry.chemical_compound
Pyrolysis oil
food
020401 chemical engineering
chemistry
Yield (chemistry)
Oil yield
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Lignin
Hemicellulose
0204 chemical engineering
Cellulose
Pyrolysis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21931801
- Volume :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- SpringerPlus
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0e2b8a1c3b67c7fa6db52e9879d9003d