A preliminary study on the production of liquid products from sugarcane bagasse through pyrolysis

• Main Authors: Lim, Francis Xavier, Navarro, Marian Carmina, Young, Henny Vincent
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Sugarcane products; Bagasse; Pyrolysis; Liquids; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/9110
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study involves the production of liquid products from sugarcane bagasse through pyrolysis. The liquid yield, weight char remaining, weight loss of sugarcane bagasse is determined for 3 temperatures and for 2 moisture contents. The temperatures used were 250 centigrade, 300 centigrade, and 350 centigrade. Results of the study show that the weight, volume, density, and yield of liquid products increase as temperature is increased. Same thing goes with the percent weight loss of the product. An average liquid yield of 20.13 percent was attained at T = 350 centigrade as compared to 12.62 at T = 250 centigrade. However, the percent weight char remaining decreased from an average of 77.8 percent to 41.03 percent as the temperature was increased from 250 centigrade to 350 centigrade. On the other hand, the effect of moisture content is to increase the liquid yield from 14.49 percent to 20.13 percent as the moisture content of the sugarcane bagasse fed was increased from 42.61 percent to 51.06 percent. However, this results to a lower quality of liquid products.