EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF FEEDSTOCK MOISTURE CONTENT ON THE YIELD AND QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT FROM THE THERMO-CATALYTIC REFORMING PROCESS

Onyishi HO, Daschner R, Neidel J, Franke M, Apfelbacher A, Hornung A (2022)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2022

Publisher: ETA-Florence Renewable Energies

Pages Range: 235-237

Conference Proceedings Title: European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings

Event location: Online

Abstract

The use of auger reactors in thermo-catalytic reforming (TCR^®) plants demand the feedstocks to be granulated or pelletised and dried. Drying improves the compressive strength and shelf life of the granules or pellets. This work investigates the optimal moisture content for feedstocks intended for the lab-scale TCR^® plant. Four pelletised samples from woody biomass with moisture contents 0.23 wt.%, 1.09 wt.%, 10.65 wt.% and 30.79 wt.% are studied. The experimental settings are kept the same for all the samples. The results show that, generally, the dryer the feedstock, the bigger the bio-oil and bio-gas yields. However, excessive drying does not bring about commensurate increase in the bio-gas and bio-oil yields. More still, the moderately dry (10.56 wt. %) sample presents the least difficulty in material handling while having optimal yields. Meantime, it is observed from the proximate and ultimate analyses of the products that the moisture content of the feed does not have any significant influence on the properties of the products. Based on these results, the optimal moisture content recommended for feedstocks intended for the lab-scale TCR^® plant is approximately 10 wt.%.

Authors with CRIS profile

Hillary Onyebuchi Onyishi Lehrstuhl für Hochtemperaturprozesstechnik Andreas Hornung Lehrstuhl für Hochtemperaturprozesstechnik

Involved external institutions

Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik (FhG UMSICHT)

Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Onyishi, H.O., Daschner, R., Neidel, J., Franke, M., Apfelbacher, A., & Hornung, A. (2022). EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF FEEDSTOCK MOISTURE CONTENT ON THE YIELD AND QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT FROM THE THERMO-CATALYTIC REFORMING PROCESS. In European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings (pp. 235-237). Online: ETA-Florence Renewable Energies.

MLA:

Onyishi, Hillary Onyebuchi, et al. "EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF FEEDSTOCK MOISTURE CONTENT ON THE YIELD AND QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT FROM THE THERMO-CATALYTIC REFORMING PROCESS." Proceedings of the 30th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, EUBCE 2022, Online ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, 2022. 235-237.

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