Pyrolysis of walnut shell biomass in fluidized bed reactor: Determination of optimum conditions for bio-char production

Authors : Zeynep YİLDİZ, Selim CEYLAN

Pages : 47-51

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Publication Date : 2018-12-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The pyrolysis of the walnut shell was carried out in a lab-scale continuous fluidized bed reactor at a temperature range of 400 to 600 °C. Thermogravimetric analysis technique was used to determine the thermal properties of the walnut shell. The bio-char product obtained from pyrolysis was analyzed to evaluate the effect of the pyrolysis temperature. Increasing the pyrolysis temperature to 600 °C improved the High Heating Value insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HHV); and % C value of the bio-char product. These results showed that the optimum temperature value for bio-char production from walnut shell was 600 °C.
Keywords : Biomass, Bio char, Fluidized Bed Reactor, Walnut shell, Pyrolysis