A kinetic model in pyrolysis of palm empty fruit bunch and bio-oil upgrading for power generation

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Biofuel Electric Power Generation Empty Fruit Bunch Kinetic model Pyrolysis

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R. Junsittiwate
Chemical Engineering, Center for Advanced Study in Industrial Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
P. Boontor
Chemical Engineering Practice School (ChEPS), Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, 10140, Thailand
T.R. Srinophakun
Chemical Engineering, Center for Advanced Study in Industrial Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900

Abstract

In this work, a comprehensive process model for pyrolysis of palm empty fruit bunch, bio-oil upgrading, and electric power generation can predict the production under various operating conditions. This work proposed a kinetic reaction model of 149 individual reactions. Palm empty fruit bunch was used as a feedstock for pyrolysis at 500 oC. The upgraded bio-oil to gasoline and diesel via hydrotreating process was implemented by a pseudo-first order reaction of lumped bio-oil species followed by the hydrocracking. Dry Empty Fruit Bunch can produce 67.25% of bio-oil, 21.37% of gas, and 11.38% of char. The bio-oil upgraded at 1 kg of wet empty fruit bunch can produce 0.053 kg of gasoline and 0.069 kg of diesel. Electricity generation in the pyrolysis and the upgrading can save electricity up to 72%. The energy conversion efficiency of the pyrolysis combined with the upgrading step was 57.38%. Therefore,  this work is a suitable option for biofuel production from empty fruit bunch.

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Junsittiwate, R., Boontor, P., & Srinophakun, T. (2019). A kinetic model in pyrolysis of palm empty fruit bunch and bio-oil upgrading for power generation. Journal of Research and Applications in Mechanical Engineering, 7(1), 60–70. Retrieved from https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jrame/article/view/186460
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