Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 135, Issue -, Pages 683-689Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.09.042
Keywords
Biomass; Co-combustion; Energy densification; Hydrochar; Hydrothermal carbonization
Funding
- Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB)
- Minerals, Metals and Materials Technology Centre (M3TC)
- National University of Singapore
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A carbon-rich solid product, denoted as hydrochar, was synthesized by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of palm oil empty fruit bunch (EFB), at different pre-treatment temperatures of 150, 250 and 350 degrees C. The conversion of the raw biomass to its hydrochar occurred via dehydration and decarboxylation processes. The hydrochar produced at 350 degrees C had the maximum energy-density (>27 MJ kg(-1)) with 68.52% of raw EFB energy retained in the char. To gain a detailed insight into the chemical and structural properties, carbonaceous hydrochar materials were characterized by FE-SEM, XRD and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analyses. This work also investigated the influence of hydrothermally treated hydrochars on the co-combustion characteristics of low rank Indonesian coal. Conventional thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) parameters, kinetics and activation energy of different hydrochar and coal blends were estimated. Our results show that solid hydrochars improve the combustion of low rank coals for energy generation. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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