Influence of alcohol addition on properties of bio-oil produced from fast pyrolysis of eucalyptus bark in a free-fall reactor

Pyrolysis and catalytic upgrading of Citrus unshiu peel

“…Therefore, a desirable treatment method is needed to use C. unshiu peel for producing value added fuel or chemical source from the waste peel of C. unshiu. Pyrolysis is a thermal technique for the production of bio-oil from biomass at medium temperatures (mainly 400-600°C) with simple preparation (Cao et al, 2014;Heidari et al, 2014;Kim et al, 2015;Pidtasang et al, 2013;Park et al, 2014;Miskolczi, 2013;Ngo et al, 2013;Yang et al, 2014). The pyrolysis oil from C. unshiu peel consists of large amounts of oxygen-containing unstable chemicals, such as alcohols, furans and phenols, which can cause further reactions during storage and/or transportation (Kim et al, 2015).…”

Optimization of a Mixed Additive and its Effect on Physicochemical Properties of Bio‐Oil

“…Pidtasang et al [16] reported that the viscosity of the bio-oil with the additive (alcohol) addition decreased with higher additive concentration. The possible mechanism was explained by Oasmaa et al [19] and Diebold [14].…”

“…Boucher et al [15] investigated the aging and stability of bio-oil and mixtures and found that the addition of methanol improved the bio-oil properties and stability. Similarly, Pidtasang et al [16] evaluated the effect of alcohol on the properties of bio-oil and demonstrated that the stability, heating value, and viscosity of bio-oil could be improved by the addition of a small proportion (2.5-10 %) of alcohol. Their results demonstrated that the addition of organic solvents can improve the viscosity and stability of bio-oil to a certain extent, but still cannot reach the quality of gasoline or diesel.…”

Conversion of Cellulose over Ni Loaded Mesoporous MSU-F Catalysts via Air Gasification

“…One is a biological pathway and the other is a thermochemical pathway. [1][2][3][4][5] Among the thermochemical conversion technologies, gasification converts biomass resources into syngas, which is composed mainly of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, at relatively high temperature. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The syngas produced from biomass gasification processes could be used to generate power by using a turbine or a gas engine or to make various chemicals and synthetic biofuels by using Fischer-Tropsch reaction.…”