International Journal of Innovative Approaches in Agricultural Research
Abbreviation: IJIAAR | ISSN (Online): 2602-4772 | DOI: 10.29329/ijiaar

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International Journal of Innovative Approaches in Agricultural Research 2020, Vol. 4(4) 447-452

Experimental Study of Thermal Pyrolysis of Avocado Seed for Liquid Fuel Production

Rahmiye Zerrin Yarbay Şahin, Ozan Örenay, Yunus Dolaş, Adife Şeyda Yargıç & Nurgul Özbay

pp. 447 - 452   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/ijiaar.2020.320.6

Published online: December 25, 2020  |   Number of Views: 319  |  Number of Download: 705


Abstract

Bio-waste which is available in large quantities worldwide is rich in biodegradable organic matter. By utilizing from bio-waste as feedstocks to attain valuable bio-based products, resource and waste problems will be solved as being “double green”. The bio-waste utilization aids decrease pollution while providing renewable energy and bio-based chemicals for the upcoming utilizations. Consequently, bio-waste resource utilization has involved growing attention in scientific and industrial societies.

The characteristic of avocado seed as a bio-waste was analysed using elemental analysis resulted as 39.89% C, 5.43% H, 0.43% N, 45.2% O content. The higher heating value was calculated using Dulong Formula as 13.70 MJ/kg. The raw milled bio-waste was characterized by FT-IR containing the wavenumbers in the range of 4000-400 cm-1. The spectra bands for bio-waste demonstrated characteristic peaks of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. The mean moisture and ash contents of the “as-received” avocado seeds employed in this study were 6.54 wt% and 2.42 wt.%, respectively. Pyrolysis of avocado seed was carried out in a Heinze reactor at 500°C with a heating rate of 10°C/min and retention time of 20 min. The pyrolysis experiment yielded the liquid product (32%), solid product “char” (34%) and non-condensable gas (34%) with biomass conversion of 67%. Based on the results, it was confirmed that avocado seed can be utilized as a potential bio-waste according to pyrolysis results but liquid properties as a bio-fuel oil and solid product char properties as an activated carbon should be evaluated in detail.

Keywords: Avocado seed, biomass, bio-waste, pyrolysis, waste management


How to Cite this Article

APA 6th edition
Sahin, R.Z.Y., Orenay, O., Dolas, Y., Yargic, A.S. & Ozbay, N. (2020). Experimental Study of Thermal Pyrolysis of Avocado Seed for Liquid Fuel Production . International Journal of Innovative Approaches in Agricultural Research, 4(4), 447-452. doi: 10.29329/ijiaar.2020.320.6

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Sahin, R., Orenay, O., Dolas, Y., Yargic, A. and Ozbay, N. (2020). Experimental Study of Thermal Pyrolysis of Avocado Seed for Liquid Fuel Production . International Journal of Innovative Approaches in Agricultural Research, 4(4), pp. 447-452.

Chicago 16th edition
Sahin, Rahmiye Zerrin Yarbay, Ozan Orenay, Yunus Dolas, Adife Seyda Yargic and Nurgul Ozbay (2020). "Experimental Study of Thermal Pyrolysis of Avocado Seed for Liquid Fuel Production ". International Journal of Innovative Approaches in Agricultural Research 4 (4):447-452. doi:10.29329/ijiaar.2020.320.6.

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