Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 119, Issue -, Pages 157-165Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.109
Keywords
Torrefaction; Oxidation; Gasification; Biomass; Kinetics
Funding
- Cornell's ADVANCE Center
- NSF [0547373]
- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/HO48839]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/H048839/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/H048839/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Division Of Human Resource Development
- Direct For Education and Human Resources [0547373] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Torrefaction is a mild thermal pretreatment (T < 300 degrees C) that improves biomass milling and storage properties. The impact of torrefaction on the gasification and oxidation reactivity of chars from torrefied and raw biomass was investigated. Thermogravimetric analysis was used to study the differences in O-2 and steam reactivity, between chars prepared from torrefied and raw willow, under both high- and low-heating-rate conditions. High-heating-rate chars were prepared at 900 degrees C with a residence time of 2 s. Low-heating-rate chars were prepared with a heating rate of 33 degrees C/min, a maximum temperature of 850 or 1000 degrees C, and a residence time of 30 min or 1 h, respectively, at the maximum temperature. Pretreatment by torrefaction consistently reduced char reactivity. Torrefaction's impact was greatest for high-heating-rate chars, reducing reactivity by a factor of two to three. The effect of torrefaction on a residence time requirements for char burnout and gasification was estimated. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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