Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Ramin Farsi ¹
• Ahmad Mirshokraee ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Wood and Paper Science and Technology, Brojerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Brojerd, Iran

² Professor, Chemistry department, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The conversion of biomass into biofuels which is a blend of alcohols and phenolic compounds has received significant attention in most countries. The purpose of this study was to identify the chemical composition of the pyrolysis oil products from Oak, Poplar woods, and Bagasse produced in a fixed bed reactor at temperature of 573 ^oK. Identification of compounds in the extracted liquids was accomplished through making derivatives using GC - MS spectroscopy. Main compounds identified in our experiments comprised 1 - Phenanthrene carboxylic acid from oak wood, 1, 2 - benzene di carbocyclic acid base (2 – ethyl hexyl) ester from poplar wood, and Levoglucosan from bagasse at the levels of 42, 50 and 27 wt% of the reaction products, respectively. 
 

Keywords

• Biofuels
• pyrolysis
• Fixed Bed Reactor
• Oak wood
• poplar wood
• Bagasse
• Gas chromatography
• mass spectrometer