期刊
FUEL
卷 312, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122728
关键词
Torrefaction; Pelletization; Bio-additives; Fuel pellet; Lignocellulosic biomass; Physicochemical characterization
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engi-neering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Agricultural Development Fund (ADF) by the province of Saskatchewan
- BioFuelNet Canada
This study uses a sequential torrefaction and pelletization process to produce high-quality fuel pellets from canola residue. The use of bio-additives further improves the properties of the pellets. The study finds that torrefaction significantly enhances the energy content and hydrophobicity of the pellets.
This study involves a sequential torrefaction and pelletization process to produce high-quality fuel pellets from canola residue. Firstly, canola residue was torrefied via microwave irradiation at 250-450 W for 10-20 min with 70-110 g feed load and further pelletized under 3500 N load for a relaxation time of 15 s. The Box-Behnken design was employed to understand the interactions between torrefaction operating conditions for optimal relaxed density, durability, and hardness of the pellets. The optimal torrefaction as determined at 250 W for 10 min with 90 g feed load having the highest relaxed density (1090 kg/m3), durability (83%) and mechanical strength (0.55 MPa) of fuel pellets. The results show that torrefaction significantly improved the energy content as well as hydrophobicity due to the degradation of the lignocellulosic structure. The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of bio-additives (i.e., lignin, sawdust, mustard meal and pyrolysis-derived bio-oil) to further improve the relaxed density, durability, tensile strength, energy density and hydrophobicity of fuel pellets. The combination of the mustard meal, lignin with bio-oil improved the density, durability, tensile strength by 21%, 20% and 123%, respectively. The energy densities of raw, torrefied pellets and torrefied pellets with additives were found to be 15.6, 19.4 and 21.2 GJ/m3, respectively.
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