Berruti, Franco

Briens, Cedric

Conn, Ken

Hossain, Mohammad

McGarvey, Brian

Scott, Ian

Sumarah, Mark

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Engineering Conferences InternationalECI Digital ArchivesBioEnergy IV: Innovations in Biomass Conversionfor Heat, Power, Fuels and Chemicals ProceedingsSpring 6-10-2013Biomass conversion to produce value-addedproducts from agricultural and forestry residuesMohammad HossainICFARIan ScottAgriculture and Agrifood CanadaMark SumarahAgriculture and Agrifood CanadaKen ConnAgriculture and Agrifood CanadaBrian McGarveyAgriculture and Agrifood CanadaSee next page for additional authorsFollow this and additional works at: http://dc.engconfintl.org/bioenergy_ivPart of the Chemical Engineering CommonsThis Conference Proceeding is brought to you for free and open access by the Proceedings at ECI Digital Archives. It has been accepted for inclusion inBioEnergy IV: Innovations in Biomass Conversion for Heat, Power, Fuels and Chemicals by an authorized administrator of ECI Digital Archives. Formore information, please contact franco@bepress.com.Recommended CitationMohammad Hossain, Ian Scott, Mark Sumarah, Ken Conn, Brian McGarvey, Franco Berruti, and Cedric Briens, "Biomass conversionto produce value-added products from agricultural and forestry residues" in "BioEnergy IV: Innovations in Biomass Conversion forHeat, Power, Fuels and Chemicals", Manuel Garcia-Perez,Washington State University, USA Dietrich Meier, Thünen Institute of WoodResearch, Germany Raffaella Ocone, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom Paul de Wild, Biomass & Energy Efficiency, ECN, TheNetherlands Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2013). http://dc.engconfintl.org/bioenergy_iv/6AuthorsMohammad Hossain, Ian Scott, Mark Sumarah, Ken Conn, Brian McGarvey, Franco Berruti, and CedricBriensThis conference proceeding is available at ECI Digital Archives: http://dc.engconfintl.org/bioenergy_iv/61Mohammad M. Hossain, Ian M. Scott, Mark Sumarah, Ken Conn, Brian D. McGarvey, Franco Berruti, Cedric BriensBiomass conversion to produce value-added products from agricultural and forestry residuesIntroduction• Traditional bubbling fluidized bed reactor:– Liquid is mixture of many products– Better selectivity is required for high value products→ Use a batch Mechanically Fluidized Reactor (MFR)High value products from pyrolysis of biomass23Batch Mechanically Fluidized ReactorReactor4Batch Mechanically Fluidized ReactorStirrer• No need for:– Inert fluidization medium (e.g. sand)– Fluidization gas• Can be used for batch pyrolysis:– Liquid cuts can be collected for different temperature ranges5Batch Mechanically Fluidized ReactorObjective6Demonstration of batch MFR to obtain model compounds from plant biomassSpent coffee ground Tobacco leafCaffeine NicotineResults: Spent coffee ground 7Yield of bio-oil051015202530Ambient-130 130-180 180-230 230-280Percent yield of bio-oilTemperature cut, oC15°C/min5°C/min15oC/min:Total bio-oil yield=50%5oC/min:Total bio-oil yield=27%Yield of caffeine = g caffeine in temperature cut /g caffeine in biomass 8Spent coffee ground extract:0.75 mg caffeine/g biomass Results: Spent coffee ground 15oC/min: 96% recovered 5oC/min: 51% recovered0102030405060Ambient-130 130-180 180-230 230-280Percent yield of caffeineTemperature cut, oC15°C/min5°C/min9Purity of caffeine (mg caffeine/g bio-oil) Results: Spent coffee ground 00.511.522.5Ambient-130 130-180 180-230 230-280mg caffeine/g bio-oilTemperature cut, oC15°C/min5°C/min10Results: Tobacco leafYield of bio-oil15oC/min:Total bio-oil yield=41%051015202530Ambient-240 240-255 255-270 270-285 285-300 300-500Percent yield of bio-oilTemperature cut, °C11Results: Tobacco leaf15oC/min:  94% recovery of nicotineYield of nicotine  = g nicotine in temperature cut /g nicotine in biomass 05101520253035Ambient-240 240-255 255-270 270-285 285-300 300-500Percent yield of nicotineTemperature cut, oC12Purity of nicotine (g nicotine/g bio-oil) for different temperature cutsResults: Tobacco leaf00.020.040.060.080.10.120.14Ambient-240 240-255 255-270 270-285 285-300 300-500g nicotine/g bio-oilTemperature cut, °CConclusions• A faster heating rate is better to recover thermallysensitive products such as caffeine• The batch MFR can:– Recover most of the compound originally in the biomass– Provide a liquid with a high concentration of desired product13Two dimensional Mechanically Fluidized Reactor (MFR)Future work14Combine batch MFR with fractional condensation15AcknowledgmentsDr. Ian M. Scott (AAFC)Dr. Cedric Briens (ICFAR)Dr. Franco Berruti (ICFAR)Dr. Mark Sumarah (AAFC)Dr. Brian D. McGarvey (AAFC)Dr. Ken Conn (AAFC)Labmates (ICFAR and AAFC) AAFC (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada)ICFAR (Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada)

Biomass conversion to produce value-added products from agricultural and forestry residues

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