title: Pyrolysis of corn stalk biomass briquettes in a scaled-up microwave technology.
abstract: Pyrolysis of corn stalk biomass briquettes was carried out in a developed microwave (MW) reactor supplied with 2.45GHz frequency using 3kW power generator. MW power and biomass loading were the key parameters investigated in this study. Highest bio-oil, biochar, and gas yield of 19.6%, 41.1%, and 54.0% was achieved at different process condition. In terms of quality, biochar exhibited good heating value (32MJ/kg) than bio-oil (2.47MJ/kg). Bio-oil was also characterised chemically using FTIR and GC-MS method. This work may open new dimension towards development of large-scale MW pyrolysis technology.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 46150 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Arshad Adam
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Salema
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada. Electronic address: mafzal@unb.ca.
authors.forename: Muhammad T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Afzal
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada.
authors.forename: Lyes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bennamoun
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D018533:Biomass; D006361:Heating; D008872:Microwaves; D003313:Zea mays
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels
keywords: Biomass; Briquette; Microwave; Product; Pyrolysis; Yield and quality