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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 90, 2019
7th Conference on Emerging Energy and Process Technology (CONCEPT 2018)
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Article Number | 01014 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Sustainable Energy | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199001014 | |
Published online | 02 April 2019 |
Preliminary torrefaction of oil palm empty fruit bunch pellets
1 School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
2 Centre for Hydrogen Energy, Institute of Future Energy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Torrefaction of pelletised oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFBs) is a promising pretreatment technique for improving its solid biofuel properties and energy recovery potential. Therefore, this paper investigates the torrefaction of OPEFB pellets to examine the effects of temperature and purge gas flow rate on mass yield (MY), energy yield (EY), and mass loss (ML). The results revealed that MY and EY decreased due to significant ML during torrefaction. Furthermore, significant improvements in the higher heating value (HHV) and energy density (DE) were observed. The torrefaction temperature increased liquid (tar) and gas yields mainly above 300 °C at the expense of solid products. However, the effect of purge gas flow rate on the torrefaction products was found to be negligible. Consequently, the torrefaction of OPEFB pellets were limited to 250-300 °C, 30 min, and nitrogen (N2) gas flow rate of 200 ml min-1.
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