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Co-pyrolysis of Rice Husk with Underutilized Biomass Species: A Sustainable Route for Production of Precursors for Fuels and Valuable Chemicals
In this study, co-pyrolysis of rice husk with
underutilized biomass, Napier grass and sago waste was
carried out in a fixed bed reactor at 600 �C, 30 �C/min and
5 L/min nitrogen flowrate. Two-phase bio-oil (organic and
aqueous) was collected and characterized using standard
analytical techniques. 34.13–45.55 wt% total boil-oil yield
was recorded using assorted biomass compared to pure risk
husk biomass with 31.51 wt% yield. The organic phase
consist mainly benzene derivatives with higher proportion
in the oil from the co-pyrolysis process relative to the
organic phase from the pyrolysis of the individual biomass
while the aqueous phase in all cases was predominantly
water, acids, ketones, aldehydes, sugars and traces of
phenolics. This study has demonstrated a good approach
towards increasing valorization of rice husk in a single
reaction step for the production of high grade bio-oil,
which can be transformed into fuel and valuable chemicals