Bio-fuels from Agricutural Residues

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Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Demirbas, A.

Source:

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Volume 30, Number 2, p.101 - 109 (2008)

ISBN:

1556-7036

URL:

http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/00908310600626788

Abstract:

Bio-fuels, such as bio-oil, bio-char, and bio-gas, can be obtained from agricultural residues. Agricultural residues are potential renewable energy resources such as biogas from anaerobic digestion, bio-oil from pyrolysis, and bio-char from carbonization and slow pyrolysis processes. Pyrolysis process of agricultural residues are the most common and convenient methods for conversion into bio-oil and bio-char. When the pyrolysis temperature increased, the bio-char yield decreased. The bio-char yield increased with increasing particle size of the sample. The yield of bio-oil from pyrolysis of the samples increased with temperature. Anaerobic biogas production is an effective process for conversion of a broad variety of agricultural biomass to methane to substitute natural gas and medium calorific value gases.