Abstract
ABSTRACT Coffee is the second most consumed beverage in the world. Spent coffee grounds (SCGs) are promising raw material for pyrolysis. The Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose model (KAS) and Ozawa-Flynn Wall (OFW), determined the pyrolysis activation energy to be 142.40 and 66.08 kJ/mol, respectively. The pyrolysis products were bio-oil with a 22.5% yield and a calorific power of 28.91 MJ/kg. The bio-oil composition was 50.86% fatty acids, 31.65% linear hydrocarbons, and 11.31% aromatics, as determined by GC-MS. The total phenolic content (TPC) was 362 ± 44 mg GA g−1, with DPPH activity of 24.8 ± 2% inhibition and antioxidant activity of 108.5 ± 13.6 mg L−1 of Trolox equivalents. The results showed that bio-oil could be used as a biofuel and a source of chemical compounds.
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