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High-Yield Biomass Charcoal
Abstract
The theoretical yield of charcoal from biomass lies in the range 50−80% on a dry weight basis. In spite of the fact that mankind has been manufacturing charcoal for about 6000 years, traditional methods for charcoal production in developing countries realize yields of 20% or less, and modern industrial technology offers yields of only 25−37%. Moreover, reaction times for the batch process in an industrial kiln are typically 8 days. In this article we describe a practical method for manufacturing high-quality charcoal from biomass that realizes near-theoretical yields of 42−62% with a reaction time of about 15 min to 2 h, depending on the moisture content of the feed. Because of its high efficiency, this technology can help to reduce worldwide deforestation and pollution, while providing greater amounts of a desirable, renewable fuel and chemical resource to mankind.
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- Authors
- Antal, Croiset, E., Dai, X., DeAlmeida, C., Mok, W. S.-L., Norberg, N., Richard, J.-R., & Al Majthoub, M.
- Venue
- Energy & Fuels
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 1996-01-01
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 652-658
- ISSN
- 0887-0624 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5029
- OpenAlex
- W2019380614
- Cited by
- 178
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 3.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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