Copyrolysis of Seyitömer−Lignite and Safflower Seed:  Influence of the Blending Ratio and Pyrolysis Temperature on Product Yields and Oil Characterization

• Published in: Energy & fuels 2007-09, Vol.21 (5), p.3049-3056
• Main Authors: Onay, Özlem, Bayram, Evren, Koçkar, Ö. Mete
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; Applied sciences; BIOMASS; COPROCESSING; Energy; Exact sciences and technology; Fuel processing. Carbochemistry and petrochemistry; Fuels; LIGNITE; LIQUEFACTION; MIXTURES; Natural energy; OIL YIELDS; PYROLYSIS; SEEDS; Solid fuel processing (coal, coke, brown coal, peat, wood, etc.); SYNERGISM; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
• ISSN: 0887-0624; 1520-5029
• DOI: 10.1021/ef700230s

Pyrolytic behaviors of biomass/coal mixtures were investigated under a heating rate of 7 °C min-1, over a range of pyrolysis temperatures between 400 and 700 °C, and the blending ratio of coal in mixtures was varied between 0 and 100 wt %. The results indicated that considerable synergistic effects were observed during the copyrolysis in a fixed-bed reactor leading to an increase in the oil yield at lower than coal blending ratios of 33%. At the lower blending coal ratio conditions, the oil yields are higher than the expected ones, calculated as the sum of oil fractions produced by pyrolysis of each separated component. The maximum pyrolysis oil yield of 39.5% was obtained with 5% of lignite mixed with safflower seed. The obtained oils are characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, 1H nuclear magnetic resonance, gas chromatography mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis. These findings can potentially help to understand and predict the behavior of coal/biomass blends in practical liquefaction systems.