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- Title
Yield and Characteristics of Pyrolysis Products Obtained from Schizochytrium limacinum under Different Temperature Regimes.
- Authors
Gang Li; Yuguang Zhou; Fang Ji; Ying Liu; Adhikari, Benu; Li Tian; Zonghu Ma; Renjie Dong
- Abstract
Pyrolysis-gas chromatographic mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) was used to determine the yield and chemical composition of the pyrolysis products of Schizochytrium limacinum. The pyrolysis was carried out by varying the temperature from 300 °C to 800 °C. It was found that the main decomposition temperature of Schizochytrium limacinum was 428.16 °C, at which up to 66.5% of the mass was lost. A further 18.7% mass loss then occurred in a relatively slow pace until 760.2 °C due to complete decomposition of the ash content of Schizochytrium limacinum. The pyrolysis of Schizochytrium limacinum at 700 °C produced the maximum yield (67.7%) of pyrolysis products compared to 61.2% at 400 °C. While pollutants released at 700 °C (12.3%) was much higher than that of 400 °C (2.1%). Higher temperature will lead to more pollutant (nitrogen compounds and PAHs) release, which is harmful to the environment. Considering the reasonably high yield and minimum release of pollutants, a lower pyrolysis temperature (400 °C) was found to be optimum for producing biofuel from Schizochytrium limacinum.
- Subjects
PYROLYSIS; GAS chromatography; BIOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANTS; BIOMASS energy
- Publication
Energies (19961073), 2013, Vol 6, Issue 7, p3339
- ISSN
1996-1073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/en6073339