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Energies, 2022 To reveal the effect of torrefaction pretreatment on pyrolysis and gasification reactivity of biomass, corn cob was first subjected to torrefaction pretreatment in a fixed-bed reactor at various reaction temperatures.
Shengpeng Xia +4 more
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Utilizing Downdraft Fixed Bed Reactor for Thermal Upgrading of Sewage Sludge as Fuel by Torrefaction
Applied Sciences, 2017 A lab-scale downdraft fixed bed reactor was used for the study of sewage sludge, a non-lignocellulosic biomass, torrefaction to enhance the thermochemical properties of sewage sludge. The torrefaction was carried out for a temperature range of 200–350 °C
Sujeeta Karki +2 more
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Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021 Torrefaction is a promising biomass thermal conversion technology to produce biochar due to its ease of operation and mild operating conditions. In this study, cassava rhizome (CR) was torrified under various sweeping gas types (nitrogen (N2), carbon ...
Kamonwat Nakason +6 more
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Torrefaction of oat straw to use as solid biofuel, an additive to organic fertilizers for agriculture purposes and activated carbon – TGA analysis, kinetics [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 In this paper authors present research results which are the optimum parameters of the torrefaction process using straw from oats and maize. The most important parameters for the torrefaction process are temperature and residence time.
Szufa Szymon +8 more
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Inert torrefaction of sugarcane bagasse to improve its fuel properties
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2020 The torrefaction performance and characteristics of sugarcane bagasse were examined in an inert environment. The influence of torrefaction temperature and duration time on the mass yield, enhancement factor, energy yield and chemical-physical properties ...
Kanit Manatura
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Effect of Biomass Particle Size on the Torrefaction Characteristics in a Fixed-Bed Reactor
Energies, 2023 The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of biomass particle size on the torrefaction characteristics under different torrefaction temperatures and times. Paulownia wood with particle sizes ranging from 12 to
Yajing He +4 more
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Energies, 2022 Torrefaction is a promising pretreatment technology for valorizing biomass and upgrading pyrolysis products. This study sets out an original procedure consisting of subjecting the biomass to torrefaction before fast pyrolysis to increased value-added ...
Angel Alcazar-Ruiz +2 more
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Journal of Chemistry, 2015 Torrefaction of sugarcane bagasse was conducted in an electric muffle furnace at 200, 250, and 300°C in order to establish the impact of heat treatment temperature on various parameters and as a method to improve sugarcane bagasse characteristics for the
Anthony Anukam +4 more
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Upgrading of Rice Husk by Torrefaction and its Influence on the Fuel Properties
BioResources, 2014 Torrefaction refers to thermal treatment of biomass at 200 to 300 °C in an inert atmosphere, which may increase the heating value while reducing the oxygen content and improving the storability.
Dengyu Chen +4 more
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Torrefaction of Short Rotation Coppice of Poplar under Oxidative and Non-Oxidative Atmospheres
Proceedings, 2018 Torrefaction improves some of the poorest characteristics of biomass such as hygroscopicity, low energy density, or poor grindability which may cause some problems during its handling, storage and combustion.
Ana Álvarez +4 more
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