Production of methanol from biomass waste via pyrolysis

Kamarudin, Siti Kartom; Shamsul, N. S.; Ghani, Jaharah A; Chia, S. K.; Liew, Hong-Hooi; Samsudin, A. S.

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.016

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“…In this study, the NO, NO x , SO 2 and HCl values were much lower than permitted level limits of air pollution emissions for incineration of municipal solid wastes (MSW) at 300 mg/m 3 set by Department of Environment (DOE), Malaysia (DOE, 2000). The release of CH 4 was from the conversion of methanol from OPEFB charcoal as previously reported by Kamarudin et al (2013).…”

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Self-sustained carbonization of oil palm biomass produced an acceptable heating value charcoal with low gaseous emission

Idris

Shirai

Andou

et al. 2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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a b s t r a c tCharcoal production with higher heating value (HHV) requires high capital investment and high energy requirement for large scale production. In this study, charcoal production under self-sustained carbonization from oil palm biomass was proposed and tested at pilot scale, whereby temperature and exhaust gas flow rate were monitored but not controlled. This proposed system under self-sustained carbonization, whereby oil palm biomass is combusted to provide the heat for carbonization in inadequate oxygen is preferable to the industry due to its simplicity, ease of operation and low energy requirement. Moreover, the gaseous emissions are below the permitted level set by the environmental authorities. The considerable HHV obtained was between 23 and 25 MJ/kg with low gaseous emissions. The results obtained are acceptable and comparable to other studies on oil palm biomass conducted under controlled conditions with electrical heating elements.

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Self-sustained carbonization of oil palm biomass produced an acceptable heating value charcoal with low gaseous emission

Idris

Shirai

Andou

et al. 2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…In order to overcome this problem, selective pyrolysis of biomass to produce special bio-oils rich in target chemicals has gained increased attention in recent years. Different selective pyrolysis techniques have been proposed to produce valuable chemicals, such as 1-hydroxy-3,6-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-2-one (LAC) [9,10], furfural (FF) [11][12][13][14], 4-vinyl phenol [15], crotonic acid [16], methanol [17], light furan compounds [18], anhydrooligosaccharides [19], phenolic compounds [20][21][22][23], aromatic hydrocarbons [24][25][26][27], olefins [28], etc. Despite these pioneering techniques, selective pyrolysis of biomass is still in its early stage of development.…”

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Selective Production of Levoglucosenone from Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass Mechanically Mixed with Solid Phosphoric Acid Catalysts

Zhang

Lü

et al. 2015

Bioenerg. Res.

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Solid phosphoric acid (SPA) catalysts with different carriers were prepared and used for catalytic fast pyrolysis of poplar wood to produce levoglucosenone (LGO), a valuable anhydrosugar derivative that can be used in various organic synthesis applications. Pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) experiments were performed to evaluate the catalytic capabilities of these catalysts under different reaction conditions. The results indicated that SPA catalyst prepared with the SBA-15 carrier exhibited the best catalytic capability for selectively producing LGO. Both the catalytic pyrolysis temperature and catalyst-to-biomass ratio affected the pyrolytic products greatly. The maximal LGO yield reached as high as 8.2 wt% from poplar wood, obtained at the pyrolysis temperature of 300°C and the catalyst-to-biomass ratio of 1. The by-products during the catalytic pyrolysis process were mainly acetic acid (AA) and furfural (FF). In addition, the SPA catalyst possessed better catalytic capability than the liquid phosphoric acid (H 3 PO 4 ) catalyst to produce LGO.

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“…And a higher increase occurred when the ratio shifted or other feedstock was added. Pyrolysis was proved to be effective for production of methanol and ethanol, and different feedstocks were chosen for methanol production via pyrolysis (Kamarudin et al 2013). Sugarcane bagasse showed the highest production of 5.93 wt.%, in contrast to the lowest from animal waste.…”

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Agricultural Waste

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Chang

Wang

et al. 2014

Water Environment Research

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A large amount of agricultural waste was generated all over the world, which could cost many problems such as environment pollution, GHG (greenhouse gas) emission, and serious disease. A review of the literature published in 2013 on topics relating to agricultural waste issues is presented, and about 180 papers were selected. The main treatment methods of agricultural waste can be biodegradation, composing, digestion, and hydrolysis. Researchers paid more attention on the waste reuse, focusing on t he environmental friendly utilization such as producing of biofuel, construction material, active carbon, adsorbent etc. Moreover, life cycle assessment (LCA) has been applied to evaluate the economic and environmental impact widely. This review is divided into the following sections: Waste Characterization, reuse, treatment, and management.

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Production of methanol from biomass waste via pyrolysis

Cited by 56 publications

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Self-sustained carbonization of oil palm biomass produced an acceptable heating value charcoal with low gaseous emission

Self-sustained carbonization of oil palm biomass produced an acceptable heating value charcoal with low gaseous emission

Selective Production of Levoglucosenone from Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass Mechanically Mixed with Solid Phosphoric Acid Catalysts

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