Study of the Pyrolysis of Biofuels Pellets Blended from Sawdust and Oleic by-Products: A Kinetic Study

Marwa Zribi, Marzouk Lajili

Abstract


This work aims to study the slow pyrolysis of agro-pellets produced from olive mill solid waste blended with pine sawdust. Thermogravimetric analyses were conducted under inert atmosphere (N2) at different heating rates (5°C.min-1, 10°C.min-1, 20°C.min-1 and 40°C.min-1) in order to assess the thermal degradation behavior of the produced agro-pellets. We observed that the different pellets thermal degradations follow the usual behavior of lignocellulosic materials. Moreover, the kinetic parameters such as the activation energy (EA) and the pre-exponential factor (A) values are were evaluated based on two models. These kinetic parameters are close to those reported in the literature. Hence, the thermo-physical and chemical properties of the produced biofuels promote them as promising alternative fuels for producing energy in domestic or in industrial implementations of heat and or electricity.

Keywords


Biomass; pellets; pyrolysis; inert atmosphere; heating rates; kinetic parameters

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