Jonathan J. Stickel

Modeling of heat transfer and kinetics of lignocellulosic biomass undergoing pyrolysis in an auger feeder

Abstract A well-studied method of producing biofuels from biomass is pyrolysis, or thermal decomposition in the absence of oxygen. Bio-oil yield is maximized by fast heating rates, short vapor residence times, and temperatures at or above 500 °C. A typical feeding mechanism for pyrolysis reactors is a lock hopper follo...