Lupa, Chris and Wylie, Stephen and Shaw, Andrew and Al-Shamma'a, Ahmed and Sweetman, Andrew and Herbert, Ben (2012) Experimental analysis of biomass pyrolysis using microwave-induced plasma. Fuel Processing Technology, 97. pp. 79-84. ISSN 0378-3820
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Energy-from-waste, a process that converts high calorific wastes to energy, has posed a possible renewable energy route, in addition to reducing waste volumes being sent to landfill. One technology that is effective at near complete organic–inorganic dissociation is plasma gasification. However, a precursor to generating this plasma is to create an electrical arc by a large DC current, which is highly energy intensive. This study, however, examines a novel method of producing plasma by microwaves, which is much more energy effi- cient. To test its suitability in waste and biomass treatment, three 10 g triplicate waste wood (biomass) sam- ples was pyrolysed using microwave-induced plasma in a lab-based reactor. The resultant gas was siphoned from the reactor exhaust pipe and characterised using a Gasmet DX400 FTIR analyser. To determine the pro- portion of gas flow between the siphon tube and exhaust, a mass balance model of the system was con- structed. After applying the appropriate correction factor, the mean mass ratio of liquid, solid, and gas was found to be 66:20:13. The start and final masses were recorded and compared with literature values. Mean mass loss was determined to be 7.96 g (79.6 wt.%), which is indicative of complete pyrolysis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Fuel Processing Technology |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pyrolysis ; Biomass ; Microwave plasma ; Syngas |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Lancaster Environment Centre |
| ID Code: | 56173 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 17 Jul 2012 13:45 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 20:47 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/56173 |
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