ABSTRACT

With rapidly increasing energy costs, the necessity of finding new sources of energy is becoming more urgent than before. As energy sources are limited, this project may be considered as a promising option. The hay of catkin is taken as a potential resource for the project work on fixed bed pyrolysis.

In this research study, the feedstock(biomass) is taken into the fixed bed reactor of stainless steel of 7.62cm diameter and 30 cm length and is heated to 350 ^OC-550 ^OC. This high temperature converts the feedstock into gaseous vapor and solid char. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is flown through the reactor from a cylinder at a controlled rate dispose of the gaseous vapor to collector through a condenser. The condenser helps the vapor to be converted into liquid product. The liquid product is collected and the non-condensable gas is flared of.

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