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Bio oil production - Fast pyrolysis

The conversion of solid biomass into liquid oil can solve many problems regarding the transport of these energy vectors or their injection into high pressure reactors such as Entrained flox Reactors. It may also become the first step for the simplified production of new liquid fuels. Fast pyrolysis is classicaly used. Research now focuses on maximising the bio oil yield and on operating with controled selectivity of produced species.

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Post-doctoral work of Chamseddine GUIZANI
pyrolyse rapide de biomasse en réacteur à flux entrainé en vue de la production de bio-huile - étude à l'échelle laboratoire
December 2017
In collaboration with CEA Grenoble

PhD work of Manel NASFI
Fast pyrolysis of biomass - dual kinetic models based on MicroPyrlyzer experiments
Started on October 2019
Astract: Biomass fast pyrolysis experiments are carried on in the Micropyrolyzer system. Heat and mass transfer limitations are avoided thanks to advanced modeling of the apparatus and corrections of the experimental results. It is expected that intrinsic chemical rections are characterised. Various types of models are being tested - including original ones - in order to establish acurate modelling of the biomass decomposition.



MicroPyrolyser system
Geometrical arrangement of the Micropyrolyzer as modeled for heat transfer description and understanding.

Publications

Biomass fast pyrolysis in a drop tube reactor for bio oil production: experiments and modeling
Chamseddine Guizani, Joseph Billaud, Sylvie Valin, Marine Peyrot, Sylvain Salvador
Fuel, Volume 207, 1 November 2017, Pages 71-84

Reconsidering the potential of micropyrolyzer to investigate biomass fast pyrolysis without heat transfer limitations
Manel Nasfi, Marion Carrier, Sylvain Salvador
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 165 (2022) 105582

Congress

Biomass fast pyrolysis: Chemistry and thermodynamics
Marion Carrier, Manel Nasfi, Malek Ajam, Laurent Cassayre, Sylvain Salvador
EGU21 - EGU General Assembly 2021, Apr 2021, Online, Germany. 2 p., <10.5194/egusphere-egu21-2878>

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