THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Enzo Benanti

,

Cesare Freda

,

Vincenzo Lorefice

,

Giacobbe Braccio

,

Vinod Kumar Sharma

SIMULATION OF OLIVE PITS PYROLYSIS IN A ROTARY KILN PLANT

ABSTRACT
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.
KEYWORDS
pyrolysis, rotary kiln, agricultural residue, biomass, char, bio-oil, kinetic, plug flow reactor
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2009-09-01
PAPER REVISED: 2010-09-16
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2010-09-20
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI090901073B
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2011, VOLUME 15, ISSUE Issue 1, PAGES [145 - 158]
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