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http://dx.doi.org/10.7316/KHNES.2019.30.1.49

A Study on the Improved the Hydrophobicity of Torrefied Biomass  

JEONG, JAE-SEONG (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
KIM, GYEONG-MIN (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
JEONG, HYUN-JUN (Boryeong Power Station Headquarters, Korea Middle Power Co.)
KIM, GYU-BO (Pusan Clean Coal Center, Pusan National University)
JEON, CHUNG-HWAN (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society / v.30, no.1, 2019 , pp. 49-57 More about this Journal
Abstract
Biomass, a carbon-neutral fuel, has great advantages because it can replace fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, due to its low density, high water content, and hydrophilicity, biomass has disadvantages for transportation and storage. To improve these properties, a pretreatment process of biomass is required. One of the various pre-treatment technologies, torrefacion, makes biomass similar to coal through low-temperature pyrolysis. In this study, torrefacion treatment was carried out at 200, 230, 250, 280, and $300^{\circ}C$ for wood pellet, empty fruit bunch (EFB) and kenaf, and the feasibility of replacing coal with fuel was examined. Hygroscopicity tests were conducted to analyze the hydrophobicity of biomass, and its chemical structure changes were investigated using Infrared spectrum analysis. It was confirmed that the hygroscopicity was decreased gradually as the torrefacion temperature increased according to the hygroscopicity tests. The hydrophilicity was reduced according to the pyrolysis of hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin of biomass.
Keywords
Torrefaction; Biomass; Chemical structure; Hydrophobic;
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