H2 enriched fuels from co-pyrolysis of crude glycerol with biomass

Skoulou, V.K.; Manara, P.; Zabaniotou, A.A.

Abstract

Pyrolysis of glycerol has been identified as a possible route for producing high added value fuels like renewable hydrogen (H 2 ). Crude glycerol (CG) is the main byproduct of biodiesel industry and without purification it is a low added value material due to the presence of impurities. Co-pyrolysis of CG with biomass may improve the efficiency of the process and as a primary step of gasification give important information concerning the maximization of H 2 concentration in the produced gas. Moreover, the thermochemical treatment of crude glycerol-biomass mixtures may offer several economic and environmental advantages in biodiesel industry and reduce the cost of biodiesel production. A mixture of CG with olive kernel (OK) was used as pyrolysis feed material. Pyrolysis of a 25 wt% mixture of CG with OK at high temperature (T = 720°C) seemed to promote steam reforming reactions leading to an increase of H 2 concentration of 11.6 vv% in the pyrolysis gas in comparison to H 2 in gas obtained by low temperature pyrolysis (T = 520°C). © 2012 Elsevier B.V.

Citation

Skoulou, V., Manara, P., & Zabaniotou, A. (2012). H2 enriched fuels from co-pyrolysis of crude glycerol with biomass. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 97, 198-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2012.05.011

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 20, 2012
• Online Publication Date: May 26, 2012
• Publication Date: 2012-09
• Deposit Date: Jan 17, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
• Print ISSN: 0165-2370
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 97
• Pages: 198-204
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2012.05.011
• Keywords: Crude glycerol; Biomass; Pyrolysis; Hydrogen; Biodiesel; Enriched fuels
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/518021
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165237012001131?via%3Dihub