Makkawi, Yassir, El Sayed, Yehya, Salih, Mubarak, Nancarrow, Paul, Banks, Scott and Bridgwater, Tony (2019). Fast pyrolysis of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) waste in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. Renewable energy, 143 , pp. 719-730.
Abstract
This study presents the first experimental investigation of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) waste fast pyrolysis in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. The physiochemical characteristics of the feedstock (from cultivars grown in the Emirate of Sharjah in the UAE), including three anatomical parts of the plant, namely, leaves, leaf stems and empty fruit bunches, have been first analyzed and compared to other popular type of biomass. These components have been subjected to fast pyrolysis and mass balances have been derived. The fast pyrolysis products (bio-oil, and non-condensable gas) have been analyzed in terms of their chemical composition, thermogravimetric profiles, and energy content. The overall product distribution in mass percentage at the pyrolysis temperature of 525 ºC was found to be 38.8% bio-oil (including 10.4% reaction water), 37.2% biochar and 24.0% non-condensable gas. The overall energy conversion efficiency (ratio of energy content in the product to that in the feedstock) was found to be 87.0%, thus indicative of the good potential of converting the date palm waste to energy while eliminating the negative environmental impact and cost associated with waste disposal.
| Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.05.028 |
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| Divisions: | College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) College of Engineering & Physical Sciences College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry |
| Funding Information: | The authors would like to thank the American University of Sharjah (AUS) for funding the project under Grant FRG 16-R-27 . [5] N. Khalifa L.F. Yousef |
| Additional Information: | © 2019, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Funding: American University of Sharjah (AUS) Grant FRG 16-R-27. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Biofuels,Biomass,Date palm waste,Fast pyrolysis,Fluidized bed reactor,Renewable energy,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment |
| Publication ISSN: | 1879-0682 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Apr 2024 07:16 |
| Date Deposited: | 14 May 2019 08:50 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
| Published Date: | 2019-12-01 |
| Published Online Date: | 2019-05-10 |
| Accepted Date: | 2019-05-07 |
| Authors: |
Makkawi, Yassir
El Sayed, Yehya Salih, Mubarak Nancarrow, Paul Banks, Scott ( 
0000-0002-4291-2572)
Bridgwater, Tony (
0000-0001-7362-6205)
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