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Simulation of olive pits pyrolysis in a rotary kiln plant

Author(s) -

Enzo Benanti,

Cesare Freda,

Vincenzo Lorefice,

Giacobbe Braccio,

Vinod Kumar Sharma

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

thermal science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.339

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 2334-7163

pISSN - 0354-9836

DOI - 10.2298/tsci090901073b

Subject(s) - rotary kiln , pyrolysis , kiln , biomass (ecology) , environmental science , materials science , process engineering , process (computing) , moisture , pulp and paper industry , waste management , nuclear engineering , composite material , computer science , engineering , geology , metallurgy , oceanography , operating system

This work deals with the simulation of an olive pits fed rotary kiln pyrolysis plant installed in Southern Italy. The pyrolysis process was simulated by commercial software CHEMCAD. The main component of the plant, the pyrolyzer, was modelled by a plug flow reactor in accordance to the kinetic laws. Products distribution and the temperature profile was calculated along reactor's axis. Simulation results have been found to fit well the experimental data of pyrolysis. Moreover, sensitivity analyses were executed to investigate the effect of biomass moisture on the pyrolysis process.

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