Catalytic pyrolysis of agricultural waste using waste egg shell

Abstract

The catalytic pyrolysis of agricultural waste by waste eggs shell had been studied in the fixed bed reactor. The objectives of this study were to investigate the potential use of waste eggs shell as catalyst in pyrolysis process and to determine the effect of pyrolysis product with various pyrolysis parameters which are temperature, heating rate and biomass size and to determine the effect of catalyst on bio oil production. The optimum parameter for maximum bio oil yield from this study were at temperature of 450°C, heating rate of 50°C/min and biomass size of 425 μm. In this study, the used of eggs shell as a catalyst produced the highest bio oil yields of 65.67%.