Sustainable Biorefinery Technologies for Agro-Residues: Challenges and Perspectives

A comparative assessment of solid fuel pellets production from torrefied agro-residues and their blends

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis ◽

10.1016/j.jaap.2021.105125 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 105125

Author(s):

Rifat Mehdi ◽

Naveed Raza ◽

Salman Raza Naqvi ◽

Asif Hussain Khoja ◽

M. Taqi Mehran ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solid Fuel ◽

Comparative Assessment ◽

Fuel Pellets ◽

Agro Residues

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Mild-thermal pretreatment of agro-residues enhances biomethanation potential: a comparative study of napier grass and rice straw

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy ◽

10.1007/s10098-021-02148-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Inchara Crasta ◽

Sreevathsan Sivakumar ◽

Bhavana Banuvalli ◽

Selvakumar Murugesan ◽

Sandeep Mudliar

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Rice Straw ◽

Napier Grass ◽

Thermal Pretreatment ◽

Agro Residues

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Thermochemical Properties of Pellets Derived from Agro-residues and the Wood Industry

Waste and Biomass Valorization ◽

10.1007/s12649-016-9677-z ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 1325-1330 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Elias A. Christoforou ◽

Paris A. Fokaides

Keyword(s):

Thermochemical Properties ◽

Wood Industry ◽

Agro Residues

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Dilute Acid Hydrolysis of Agro-Residues for the Depolymerization of Hemicellulose: State-of-the-Art

D-Xylitol ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-31887-0_2 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 39-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Anuj K. Chandel ◽

Felipe A. F. Antunes ◽

Priscila Vaz de Arruda ◽

Thais S. S. Milessi ◽

Silvio S. da Silva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Acid Hydrolysis ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Dilute Acid ◽

Dilute Acid Hydrolysis ◽

Hydrolysis Of ◽

Agro Residues

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Performance evaluation of throat type updraft biomass gasifier using different biomass fuels

Agricultural Engineering Today ◽

10.52151/aet2021453.1537 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 45 (03) ◽

pp. 6-12

Author(s):

D. K. Vyas ◽

J. Sravankumar ◽

J. J. Chavda

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Carbon Monoxide ◽

Chemical Process ◽

Consumption Rate ◽

Calorific Value ◽

Producer Gas ◽

Saw Dust ◽

Consumption Rates ◽

Maize Cobs ◽

Agro Residues

A biomass gasifier converts solid fuel such as wood waste, saw-dust briquettes and agro-residues into a gaseous fuel through a thermo-chemical process and the resultant gas can be used for thermal and power generation applications. The present research aims to evaluate the updraft biomass gasifier using different biomass for thermal application. The capacity of updraft gasifier was a 5-10 kg.h-1 and three types of biomass: maize cobs, sized wood and saw dust briquettes were used as fuel for producing producer gas by thermal application. The maximum carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2) and Methane (CH4) found were 14.8, 12.7 and 3.9%, 14.6, 13.7 and 3.9 % and 14.2, 13.5 and 3.9% at 5 kg.h-1 biomass consumption rate, respectively using maize cobs, sized wood and saw dust briquettes as fuel. The maximum and minimum producer gas calorific value was found 1120 and 1034 kcal.m-3; 1139 and 1034 kcal.m-3 and 1123 and 1036 kcal.m-3 at biomass consumption rate of 5 and 10 kg.h-1 using maize cobs, sized wood and saw dust briquettes as fuel respectively. The maximum gasifier efficiency of 77.94, 70.26 and 69.60% was found at the biomass consumption rate of 5 kg.h-1 using maize cobs, sized wood and saw dust briquettes as fuel, respectively. The minimum gasifier efficiency of 72.72, 64.49 and 64.90 % was found at the biomass consumption rate of 10 kg.h-1 using maize cobs, sized wood and saw dust briquettes as fuel in the system, respectively. The maximum overall thermal efficiency of 29.60, 30.65 and 23.69 % were found at the biomass consumption rates of 8, 7 and 7 kg.h-1 using maize cobs, sized wood and saw dust briquettes, respectively.

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