Microwave pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil production: Scalable processing concepts
The pursuit of sustainable hydrocarbon alternatives to fossil fuels has prompted an acceleration in the development of new technologies for biomass processing. Microwave pyrolysis of biomass has long been recognised to provide better quality bio-products in shorter timescales compared to conventiona...
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| author | Beneroso, Daniel Monti, T. Kostas, E.T. Robinson, J. |
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| description | The pursuit of sustainable hydrocarbon alternatives to fossil fuels has prompted an acceleration in the development of new technologies for biomass processing. Microwave pyrolysis of biomass has long been recognised to provide better quality bio-products in shorter timescales compared to conventional pyrolysis. Although this topic has been widely assessed and many investigations are currently ongoing, this article gives an overview beyond the physico-chemical pyrolysis process and covers engineering aspects and the limitations of microwave heating technology. Herein, we provide innovative scalable concepts to perform the microwave pyrolysis of biomass on a large scale, including essential energy and material handling requirements. Furthermore, some of the possible socio-economic and environmental implications derived from the use of this technology in our society are discussed. Such potential concepts are expected to assist the needs of the industrial bioenergy community to move this largely studied process upwards in scale. |
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| spelling | nottingham-426262020-05-04T18:45:51Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42626/ Microwave pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil production: Scalable processing concepts Beneroso, Daniel Monti, T. Kostas, E.T. Robinson, J. The pursuit of sustainable hydrocarbon alternatives to fossil fuels has prompted an acceleration in the development of new technologies for biomass processing. Microwave pyrolysis of biomass has long been recognised to provide better quality bio-products in shorter timescales compared to conventional pyrolysis. Although this topic has been widely assessed and many investigations are currently ongoing, this article gives an overview beyond the physico-chemical pyrolysis process and covers engineering aspects and the limitations of microwave heating technology. Herein, we provide innovative scalable concepts to perform the microwave pyrolysis of biomass on a large scale, including essential energy and material handling requirements. Furthermore, some of the possible socio-economic and environmental implications derived from the use of this technology in our society are discussed. Such potential concepts are expected to assist the needs of the industrial bioenergy community to move this largely studied process upwards in scale. Elsevier 2017-05-15 Article PeerReviewed Beneroso, Daniel, Monti, T., Kostas, E.T. and Robinson, J. (2017) Microwave pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil production: Scalable processing concepts. Chemical Engineering Journal, 316 . pp. 481-498. ISSN 1385-8947 Microwave pyrolysis; Biofuels; Biomass pyrolysis; Microwave scale-up; Bio-oil production; Bioenergy http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894717301250 doi:10.1016/j.cej.2017.01.130 doi:10.1016/j.cej.2017.01.130 |
| spellingShingle | Microwave pyrolysis; Biofuels; Biomass pyrolysis; Microwave scale-up; Bio-oil production; Bioenergy Beneroso, Daniel Monti, T. Kostas, E.T. Robinson, J. Microwave pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil production: Scalable processing concepts |
| title | Microwave pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil production: Scalable processing concepts |
| title_full | Microwave pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil production: Scalable processing concepts |
| title_fullStr | Microwave pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil production: Scalable processing concepts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microwave pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil production: Scalable processing concepts |
| title_short | Microwave pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil production: Scalable processing concepts |
| title_sort | microwave pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil production: scalable processing concepts |
| topic | Microwave pyrolysis; Biofuels; Biomass pyrolysis; Microwave scale-up; Bio-oil production; Bioenergy |
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