The effect of citric acid pretreatment on composition and stability of bio-oil from sugar cane residues using a continuous lab-scale pyrolysis reactor Universiteit Gent
This study outlines the effect of citric acid leaching on the quality and stability of fast pyrolysis bio-oils from sugarcane bagasse (SCB) and sugarcane trash (SCT). The quality of bio-oil was probed by GC-MS analysis, elemental composition, higher heating value, water and solids content, pH, dynamic viscosity and stability (ageing). Pyrolysis was performed at 500 °C in a fully controlled, continuously operated plant with a biomass throughput ...