Abstract
The amount of waste furniture generated in Korea was over 2.4 million tons in the past 3 years, which can be used for renewable energy or fuel feedstock production. Fast pyrolysis is available for thermo-chemical conversion of the waste wood mostly into bio-oil. In this work, fast pyrolysis of waste furniture sawdust was investigated under various reaction conditions (pyrolysis temperature, particle size, feed rate and flow rate of fluidizing medium) in a fluidized-bed reactor. The optimal pyrolysis temperature for increased yields of bio-oil was 450°C. Excessively smaller or larger feed size negatively affected the production of bio-oil. Higher flow and feeding rates were more effective for the production of bio-oil, but did not greatly affect the bio-oil yields within the tested ranges. The use of product gas as the fluidizing medium had a potential for increased bio-oil yields.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | S91-S96 |
Journal | Bioresource Technology |
Volume | 101 |
Issue number | 1 SUPPL. |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2010 |
Keywords
- Bio-oil
- Fast pyrolysis
- Fluidized bed
- Waste furniture