The Impact of a Mild Sub-Critical Hydrothermal Carbonization Pretreatment on Umbila Wood. A Mass and Energy Balance Perspective
Over the last years, the pretreatment of biomass as a source of energy has become one of the most important steps of biomass conversion. In this work the effect of a mild subcritical hydrothermal carbonization of a tropical woody biomass was studied. Results indicate considerable change in carbon co...
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| description | Over the last years, the pretreatment of biomass as a source of energy has become one of the most important steps of biomass conversion. In this work the effect of a mild subcritical hydrothermal carbonization of a tropical woody biomass was studied. Results indicate considerable change in carbon content from 52.78% to 65.1%, reduction of oxygen content from 41.14% to 28.72% and ash slagging and fouling potential. Even though decarboxylation, decarbonylation and dehydration reactions take place, dehydration is the one that prevails. The mass and energy balance was affected by the treatment conditions than the severity of the treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17d703c3cd574fddbd64c8dae47eb8e32022-12-22T04:10:26ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732015-03-01832165217510.3390/en8032165en8032165The Impact of a Mild Sub-Critical Hydrothermal Carbonization Pretreatment on Umbila Wood. A Mass and Energy Balance PerspectiveCarlos Alberto Cuvilas0Efthymios Kantarelis1Weihong Yang2Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UEM—University Eduardo Mondlane, Av. de Moçambique Km 1.5, P.O. Box 257, Maputo 1100, MozambiqueDivision of Energy and Furnace Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Brinellvägen 23, S-100 44 Stockholm, SwedenDivision of Energy and Furnace Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Brinellvägen 23, S-100 44 Stockholm, SwedenOver the last years, the pretreatment of biomass as a source of energy has become one of the most important steps of biomass conversion. In this work the effect of a mild subcritical hydrothermal carbonization of a tropical woody biomass was studied. Results indicate considerable change in carbon content from 52.78% to 65.1%, reduction of oxygen content from 41.14% to 28.72% and ash slagging and fouling potential. Even though decarboxylation, decarbonylation and dehydration reactions take place, dehydration is the one that prevails. The mass and energy balance was affected by the treatment conditions than the severity of the treatment.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/3/2165hydrothermal carbonisationpre-treatmentbiomasssolid bio fuels |
| spellingShingle | Carlos Alberto Cuvilas Efthymios Kantarelis Weihong Yang The Impact of a Mild Sub-Critical Hydrothermal Carbonization Pretreatment on Umbila Wood. A Mass and Energy Balance Perspective Energies hydrothermal carbonisation pre-treatment biomass solid bio fuels |
| title | The Impact of a Mild Sub-Critical Hydrothermal Carbonization Pretreatment on Umbila Wood. A Mass and Energy Balance Perspective |
| title_full | The Impact of a Mild Sub-Critical Hydrothermal Carbonization Pretreatment on Umbila Wood. A Mass and Energy Balance Perspective |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of a Mild Sub-Critical Hydrothermal Carbonization Pretreatment on Umbila Wood. A Mass and Energy Balance Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of a Mild Sub-Critical Hydrothermal Carbonization Pretreatment on Umbila Wood. A Mass and Energy Balance Perspective |
| title_short | The Impact of a Mild Sub-Critical Hydrothermal Carbonization Pretreatment on Umbila Wood. A Mass and Energy Balance Perspective |
| title_sort | impact of a mild sub critical hydrothermal carbonization pretreatment on umbila wood a mass and energy balance perspective |
| topic | hydrothermal carbonisation pre-treatment biomass solid bio fuels |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/3/2165 |
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