Separation of bio-oil by molecular distillation

Autor: Yueling Gu, Qian Liu, Yan Yao, Zuogang Guo, Kefa Cen, Zhongyang Luo, Shurong Wang
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Fuel Processing Technology. 90:738-745
ISSN: 0378-3820
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2009.02.005
Popis: In this study, KDL5 molecular distillation apparatus manufactured by the UIC Corporation was adopted to separate bio-oil, which came from a bench-scale fluidized-bed fast pyrolysis reactor at a feeding rate of 1 kg/h. A maximum distillate yield of 85% was obtained without obvious coking or polymerization during the molecular distillation process. The effect of distillation temperature on physical and chemical characterization of each bio-oil fraction was investigated. Statistical calculations showed that molecular distillation was successful in the separation of bio-oil. A separation factor was proposed to reflect the ability of isolating the chemicals contained in the bio-oil using molecular distillation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE