Kamarudin SK, Shamsul NS, Ghani JA, Chia SK, Liew HS, Samsudin AS. Production of methanol from biomass waste via pyrolysis.
Bioresour Technol 2013;
129:463-468. [PMID:
23266847 DOI:
10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.016]
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Abstract
The production of methanol from agricultural, forestry, livestock, poultry, and fishery waste via pyrolysis was investigated. Pyrolysis was conducted in a tube furnace at 450-500 °C. Sugarcane bagasse showed the methanol production (5.93 wt.%), followed by roots and sawdust with 4.36 and 4.22 wt.%, respectively. Animal waste offered the lowest content of methanol, as only 0.46, 0.80, and 0.61 wt.% were obtained from fishery, goat, and cow waste, respectively. It was also observed that the percentage of methanol increased with an increase in volatile compounds while the percentage of ethanol increased with the percentage of ash and fix carbon. The data indicate that, pyrolysis is a means for production of methanol and ethanol after further optimization of the process and sample treatment.
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