RICE HUSK ASH-CATALYZED CO-PYROLYSIS OF EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH AND HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE FOR HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION
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https://doi.org/10.11113/jurnalteknologi.v87.22721Keywords:
Biomass, plastic waste, catalytic pyrolysis, rice husk ash, hydrocarbonsAbstract
Agricultural residues like empty fruit bunch (EFB) are valuable as it can be converted to fuel via pyrolysis, with plastic waste resources like high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Meanwhile, rice husk ash (RHA) is useful for catalyst synthesis due to its high silica content. The objective of this study is to investigate the co-pyrolysis of EFB and HDPE over RHA-based catalyst via fixed-bed reactor for hydrocarbon-rich bio-oil. Experiments were conducted where pyrolysis temperature was first varied followed by the catalyst-to-feedstock ratio (CTF). Bio-oil with the highest hydrocarbon content (70.4%) was achieved at 550 °C and a CTF of 1:1. Comparison was made with a similar run using Hydrogen exchanged Zeolite Socony Mobil-5 (HZSM-5) catalyst, where using HZSM-5 catalyst produced bio-oil containing 74.4% hydrocarbon. It was concluded that RHA is a valuable resource for catalyst synthesis and can be applied to pyrolysis for improved bio-oil quality in terms of hydrocarbon content.
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