title: Production and characterization of pyrolysis liquids from sunflower-pressed bagasse.
abstract: Pyrolysis experiments on sunflower (Helianthus annus L.)-pressed bagasse were performed in a fixed-bed tubular reactor. The effects of nitrogen flow rate and final pyrolysis temperature on the pyrolysis product yields and chemical compositions were investigated. The maximum bio-oil yield of 52.10 wt.% was obtained in a nitrogen atmosphere with flow rate of 50 ml min(-1) and at a pyrolysis temperature of 550 degrees C with a heating rate of 5 degrees C s(-1). The chemical characterization results showed that the oil obtained from sunflower-pressed bagasse may be a potentially valuable source as fuel or chemical feedstocks.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering & Architecture, Department of Chemical Engineering, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey. hfgercel@anadolu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Hasan Ferdi
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Gerçel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019149:Bioreactors; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002845:Chromatography; D006368:Helianthus; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000378:metabolism*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D006838:Hydrocarbons; D010938:Plant Oils; D002482:Cellulose; C027433:bagasse; D009584:Nitrogen