Syarif, Hidayat, Abu Bakar, Muhammad S., Yang, Yang, Neeranuch, Phusunti and A.v., Bridgwater (2018). Characterisation and Py-GC/MS analysis of Imperata Cylindrica as potential biomass for bio-oil production in Brunei Darussalam. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 134 , pp. 510-519.
Abstract
Bio-oil production from renewable sources has been seen as suitable alternative to supply future energy demand. Perennials grasses are currently being developed as a suitable second-generation biofuel feedstock. It has advantages such as rapid growth rate, easy to grow, minimal maintenance and utilise marginal land without competing with food supply. Taking into account of the various challenges attributed to the transformation of second-generation biomass for energy production, this work systematically looks at the ecological perspective and the availability for bioenergy production from Imperata Cylindrica in Brunei Darussalam. Biomass characterisation was carried out to determine the properties and energy content, meanwhile py-GC/MS study was conducted to identify building blocks of value-added chemical from I. cylindrica. The physicochemical properties of feedstock was thoroughly evaluated using thermogravimetric analysis, proximate analysis, elemental analysis, compositional analysis, calorific value, and analytical pyrolysis interfaced with gas chromatograph (Py-GC/MS). Characterisation results indicate that Imperata Cylindrica has a calorific value of 18.39 MJ/kg, with low ash content and high percentage of volatile matter. Py-GC/MS analysis revealed the presence of furfural, 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran, 4-vinylguaiacol, propenylguaiacol, guaiacol and 4-ethylphenol. The fixed-bed pyrolysis experiment of imperata cylindrica showed that the yield of bio-oil increases with the increase of temperature and it reached a peak of 37.16% at 500 °C. These results show that Imperata Cylindrica is suitable as feedstock for bio-oil production via pyrolysis process.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2018.07.018 |
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Divisions: | College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) |
Additional Information: | © 2018, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Biomass,Pyrolysis,Py-GC/MS,Thermogravimetric analysis,Biofuel |
Publication ISSN: | 1873-250X |
Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2024 16:01 |
Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2018 14:41 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2018-09 |
Published Online Date: | 2018-07-24 |
Accepted Date: | 2018-07-23 |
Authors: |
Syarif, Hidayat
Abu Bakar, Muhammad S. Yang, Yang ( 0000-0003-2075-3803) Neeranuch, Phusunti A.v., Bridgwater ( 0000-0001-7362-6205) |
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