Experimental study on pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse for bioenergy production

Abstract

Energy is the economic backbone. Nowadays, the demand for cheap and clean energy has become the primary and most priority of every country looking to develop while maintaining its environment. Energy demand is increasing continuously due to rapid growth in population and industrialization development. The major energy demand is provided from fossil fuel sources. There are increasing environmental problems associated with the current use of fossil fuels. The potential for biomass to supply much larger amounts of useful energy with reduced environmental impacts than fossil fuels is this study's aim. In this study, lab-scale pyrolysis was designed and fabricated to analyze syngas and bio-oil components from two sugar cane bagasse samples, the first sample from Kenana and the second sample from White Nile. The analysis of thermochemical and physical properties showed that the calorific value and density were equal to 41.67 MJ/kg, 1.07925 kg/m <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sup> and 40.671 MJ/kg, 1.1309 kg/m <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sup> for both bio-oil and tar, which proves that bio-oil would be an environmentally friendly alternative that can be used for transportation and different industrial sectors.