Affect of Particle Size and Temperature on the Yield of Pongamia Pinnata Bio-Oil in Pyrolysis Process
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Pongamia Pinnata, Bio-oil, Pyrolysis, Particle size, Temperature, Taguchi, ANOVA.Abstract
Globally, bio-fuels are needed for the current automobile needs and fuel consumption. Bio-oils are an alternative to crude oil products like diesel and petrol considering the need to replace them. In this study, cold compressed pongamia pinnata cake is treated for pyrolysis to yield bio-oil from it. To determine whether particle size and temperature have an impact on the yield and viscosity of bio-oil, a slow level pyrolysis process was conducted. An orthogonal L9 Taguchi array was used in the present study for the design of experiments. To optimize parameters for better yield, three factors with three levels of design are run with experimentation. There were three levels of particle sizes in this study: 0.5-0.75mm, 0.75-1.0mm, 1.0-1.25mm, temperatures 3500C, 4000C, 4500C, and nitrogen gas flow rates 6, 8, 10 LPM. The optimal parameters for best yield and viscosity are particle sizes between 0.5-0.75mm, a temperature of 4500C, and a gas flow of 8 LPM. An ANOVA solver has been used in Mini-tab to optimize the Taguchi prediction.
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