Influence of Pyrolysis Temperature on Rice Husk Char Characteristics and Its Tar Adsorption Capability
Open Access
- 23 November 2012
- Vol. 5 (12), 4941-4951
- https://doi.org/10.3390/en5124941
Abstract
A biomass waste, rice husk, was inspected by thermoanalytical investigation to evaluate its capability as an adsorbent medium for tar removal. The pyrolysis process has been applied to the rice husk material at different temperatures 600, 800 and 1000 °C with 20 °C/min heating rate, to investigate two topics: (1) influence of temperature on characterization of rice husk char and; (2) adsorption capability of rice husk char for tar removal. The results showed that subsequent to high temperature pyrolysis, rice husk char became a highly porous material, which was suitable as tar removal adsorbent with the ability to remove tar effectively. In addition, char characteristics and tar removal ability were significantly influenced by the pyrolysis temperature.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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