Energy Yield of Torrefied Rice Husk at Atmospheric Condition

Abstract

Torrefaction is a thermal treatment for lignocellulosic waste biomass at low temperature, which has been found to be effective not only for improving the quality of biomass solid fuels, in terms of higher energy density, longer shelf life and hydrophobic in nature, but also to make them useful as a feedstock for further decomposition such as gasification and liquefaction. In this study, torrefaction of rice husk is carried out in a fixed bed reactor under atmospheric condition at a temperature range of 200 to 300°C, in order to clarify the effect of air on torrefaction of rice husk.