Influence of Operating Parameters on the Product Yields During Pyrolysis of Oil Palm Husk (original) (raw)

2018, Journal of Energy Technologies and Policy

The influence of operating parameters on the product yields during the pyrolysis of Oil Palm Husk (OPH) was investigated in this study. 0.5 kg of dried sample of OPH was loaded into a steel retort, and the retort interior was rendered airtight. The retort was then placed into the furnace chamber and the OPH was pyrolysed at 300 o C between 10 - 30 minutes at 5 minutes interval. This was repeated for temperatures of 400, 500, 600 and 700 o C and in each case, the quantities of char, tar and pyro - gas produced were determined. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to develop polynomial regression model and investigate the effect of changes in the level of pyrolysing temperature and duration on the product yields using Full Factorial Design (FFD). The contribution of pyrolysis temperature, duration and their squares (A, B, A 2 and B 2 ) to the model developed are significant model terms. It was observed that the experimental data fitted better because of the Pred R-Squared of 0...