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Biomass Conversion to Produce Hydrocarbon Liquid Fuel Via Hot-vapor Filtered Fast Pyrolysis and Catalytic Hydrotreating
Published on: December 25, 2016
A multi-purpose pilot-scale molten metal & molten salt pyrolysis reactor
Frank Riedewald1, Ian Povey2, Maria O'Mahoney3
1Composite Recycling Ltd, The Rubicon Centre, CIT Campus, Bishopstown, Cork T12 Y275, Ireland.
Abstract:
This paper describes the design features and operational details of a molten metal pyrolysis reactor. Such a reactor allows pyrolysis experimentation on biomass, aluminium-laminated plastics, mixed plastics, carbon fibre materials, etc. Experimental results on biodegradable plastic, carbon fibre composites, biomass and printed circuit boards (PCBs) are presented.•The inner container can have a sloped or flat-bottom depending on the material.•The method can be used to pyrolyse composite and pure materials.
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