Increase in organic waste generation, dwindling nature of global oil reserves coupled with environmental challenges caused by waste oil disposal and burning of fossil fuels necessitated the need for alternative energy resources. Waste cooking oil obtained from the frying fish outlet was analyzed for its physicochemical properties using ASTM D-975 methods. Acid and Iodine values of the oil were ...

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Introduction Hydrogen as a fuel has recently been an important issue due to developments in fuel cell technology. Hydrogen production from sustainable sources, e.g. biomass, is gaining attention for a CO2 neutral energy supply. Recent developments in flash pyrolysis technologies make it possible to convert lignocellulosic biomass efficiently to a bio-oil, which is easier for handling and transp...

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to degrade Polypropylene plastic waste into fuel using a pyrolysis system. method used analyze the data from process in is an experimental method, while analysis quantitative analysis, existing calculations polypropylene oil. Data collection techniques through three processes, namely 1 hour, 2 hours, and 3 hours. results processes at different times obtai...

A new empirical technique to construct predictive models of vacuum pyrolysis process is presented in this study. Pyrolysis of biomass for preparing bio-oil was studied on a vacuum pyrolysis system, where rape straw was chosen as the raw material. The experiments ran based on orthogonal experimental design method. The operation factors of the system including pyrolysis temperature, system pressu...

This book contains the successful invited submissions [1–15] to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “Biomass Chars: Elaboration, Characterization, and Applications”. The invited editors have decided to focus the Special Issue on the specific topic of biomass transformation and use. In fact, biomass can be converted to energy, biofuels, and bioproducts, via thermochemical conversi...

Two flame retarded plastics have been pyrolysed in the presence of two Zeolite catalysts to remove the organobromine compounds from the derived pyrolysis oil. The flame retarded plastics were, acrylonitrile – butadiene – styrene (ABS) that was flame retarded with tetrabromobisphenol A and high-impact-polystyrene (HIPS) that was flame retarded with decabromodiphenyl ether. The two catalysts inve...

Bark is one of the most under-utilized types of lignocellulosic biomass in the forest industry. In this study, bark fast pyrolysis was optimized for phenols yield using response surface methodology (RSM), considering the pyrolysis temperature, gas flow rate, and biomass particle size. The bio-oil generated under optimal conditions was then characterized by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (...

A study of the possibilities of pyrolysis for recovering wastes of the rope’s industry has been carried out. The pyrolysis of this lignocellulosic residue started at 250 oC, with the main region of decomposition occurring at temperatures between 300 and 350 oC. As the reaction temperature increased, the yields of pyrolyzed gas and oil increased, yielding 22 wt.% of a carbonaceous residue, 50 wt...

A two-stage reactor system consisting of co-pyrolysis biomass and plastic in the 1st stage catalytic upgrading (zeolite ZSM-5 catalyst) derived pyrolysis gases 2nd was used to investigate yield composition product bio-oil. Biomass waste wood plastics form high density polyethylene, low polypropylene, polystyrene polyethylene terephthalate were as feedstock. The addition with co-pyrolysis-cataly...