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Acacia Holosericea: An Invasive Species for Bio-char, Bio-oil, and Biogas Production
- Source :
- Bioengineering, Bioengineering, Vol 6, Iss 2, p 33 (2019), Bioengineering, 6(2):33, Volume 6, Issue 2
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2019.
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Abstract
- To evaluate the possibilities for biofuel and bioenergy production Acacia Holosericea, which is an invasive plant available in Brunei Darussalam, was investigated. Proximate analysis of Acacia Holosericea shows that the moisture content, volatile matters, fixed carbon, and ash contents were 9.56%, 65.12%, 21.21%, and 3.91%, respectively. Ultimate analysis shows carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen as 44.03%, 5.67%, and 0.25%, respectively. The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) results have shown that maximum weight loss occurred for this biomass at 357 &deg<br />C for pyrolysis and 287 &deg<br />C for combustion conditions. Low moisture content (&lt<br />10%), high hydrogen content, and higher heating value (about 18.13 MJ/kg) makes this species a potential biomass. The production of bio-char, bio-oil, and biogas from Acacia Holosericea was found 34.45%, 32.56%, 33.09% for 500 &deg<br />C with a heating rate 5 &deg<br />C/min and 25.81%, 37.61%, 36.58% with a heating rate 10 &deg<br />C/min, respectively, in this research. From Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy it was shown that a strong C&ndash<br />H, C&ndash<br />O, and C=C bond exists in the bio-char of the sample.
- Subjects :
- Acacia Holosericea
020209 energy
Biomass
Bioengineering
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
lcsh:Technology
Article
invasive species
food
Biogas
Bioenergy
Biochar
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
biogas
bio-oil
bio-char
biomass
Food science
Acacia holosericea
lcsh:QH301-705.5
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Chemistry
lcsh:T
food.food
lcsh:Biology (General)
Biofuel
Heat of combustion
Pyrolysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23065354
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Bioengineering
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....eb4267e1a8683f24d4dc04417c7b4d60