Bioresource Technology, Vol.254, 130-138, 2018
Application of biomass pyrolytic polygeneration by a moving bed: Characteristics of products and energy efficiency analysis
In order to overcome the shortcoming of batch production in the retort and improve the quality of three-state products, a moving bed as pyrolysis furnace and torrefaction pretreatment were both used in a demonstration of biomass pyrolytic polygeneration. The bench and demonstration scale experiments were both investigated in this work. The results show that when the pyrolysis temperature between 550 degrees C and 750 degrees C, it can not only maintain the relative stability of the tri-state products yield, but also guarantee the quality. When the demonstration ran at this temperature, it can continuously deal with biomass for about 7E + 03 kg/h, and reach 5.42E + 07 kg/yr, which can be converted into 1.12E + 07 Nm(3) of bio-gas, 3.78E + 06 kg of tar, 7.63E + 06 kg of vinegar and 1.14E + 07 kg of biochar. The lower heating value of bio-gas and biochar were respectively 12.5 MJ/m(3) and 30.5 MJ/kg, which showed the great potential as gas and solid fuel.