TY - JOUR
TI - Simulation of olive pits pyrolysis in a rotary kiln plant
AU - Benanti Enzo
AU - Freda Cesare
AU - Lorefice Vincenzo
AU - Braccio Giacobbe
AU - Sharma Vinod Kumar
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2011
VL - 15
IS - 1
SP - 145
EP - 158
PT - Article
AB - This work deals with the simulation of an olive pits fed rotary kiln  pyrolysis plant installed in Southern Italy. The pyrolysis process was  simulated by commercial software CHEMCAD. The main component of the plant,  the pyrolyzer, was modelled by a Plug Flow Reactor in accordance to the  kinetic laws. Products distribution and the temperature profile was  calculated along reactor's axis. Simulation results have been found to fit  well the experimental data of pyrolysis. Moreover, sensitivity analyses were  executed to investigate the effect of biomass moisture on the pyrolysis  process.