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The comprehensive investigation of a pyrolysis reactor has been conducted on the basis of thermal engineering design. The gas dynamics, thermodynamic, and psychrometric behaviour of the producer gas have been thoroughly assessed. The pilot-scale reactor has been programmed to operate at the temperature 973 K in the absence of an inert medium. The concentric casing of the heating filament has been used as an external source of energy. The experimental task is divided into two parts: upgradation of biomass and the decomposition of pellets in a developed small-scale pyrolysis unit for the possible gas, char, and pyrolysis oil generation. The fuel upgradation is performed via quasi-static torrefaction of pine pellets using Joule heating in the presence of nitrogen gas. The volumetric gas of nitrogen flowing across the improvised furnace is 0.70 L$min À1 . The obtained results are compared with the wood pellets. The unsaturated producer gas has been found to vary accordingly to the following gas equation pv 0:25 1⁄4 C and pv À0:69 1⁄4 C for the processed pine pellets and wood pellets, respectively. A relative increase of 21.00% has been seen while running the reactor with the processed

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Author

Alok Dhaundiyal; Gabor Bercesi; Divine Atsu; Laszlo Toth

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)