TY - JOUR
TI - The composition of gaseous products from corn stalk pyrolysis process
AU - Đurić Slavko Nikola
AU - Brankov Saša D
AU - Kosanić Tijana R
AU - Ćeranić Mirjana B
AU - Nakomčić Smaragdakis Branka B
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2014
VL - 18
IS - 2
SP - 533
EP - 542
PT - Article
AB - This paper describes experimental investigation of corn stalk pyrolysis. The  mass of the sample (corn stalk) inside a pyrolytic reactor was 10 g with  particle diameter of 5-10 mm. The sample in the reactor was heated in the  temperature range of 24-650ºC and the gas components generated during corn  stalk pyrolysis were measured using gas analyzer G750 POLYTECTOR II. The  sample mass before, during and after pyrolysis process was determined by  using METTLER P1000 digital scale. Experimental results of the corn stalk  pyrolysis indicate that as the temperature in the reactor increases from  300-650ºC, the pyrolytic gas yield increases from 60-72%, while the char  (coke) yield decreases from 40-28%. In the temperature range mentioned, the  CO2 volume fraction in pyrolytic gas decreases, while the volume fraction of  methane increases up to 39.5% followed with a constant decrease in the volume  fraction of oxygen. The results obtained can represent starting basis for  determining material and heat balance of pyrolysis process as well as corn  stalk pyrolysis equipment.