Journal
JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS
Volume 83, Issue 1, Pages 124-130Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2008.06.009
Keywords
Orange peel residue; Pyrolysis; Fixed bed
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- E.C. [AML/137-311/97/0666/II-0444-FA]
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Orange peel is a residue from the production of juice. Its energetic valorisation could be interesting in areas where a different use, such as animal feed, is not possible. In order to investigate the viability of energy recovery, the pyrolysis of orange peel residues was studied in a fixed bed reactor, as an initial assessment of this process. The influence of pyrolysis temperature (300-600 degrees C) and particle size (d(p) < 300 mu m and dp > 800 mu m) on product distribution, gas composition and char heating value has been investigated using a factorial design of experiments. Gas, char and water are the main products obtained; tar is only about 6 wt.% of the initial residue. Temperature was found to be the parameter which exerts a more important influence on the results than particle size. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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