Oil palm and coconut fronds pyrolysis in a fixed bed reactor

A fixed bed reactor was used to pyrolyze oil palm frond (OPF) and coconut frond (CF). In this work, the effects of pyrolysis temperature and time were investigated. The products obtained from pyrolysis were liquid, char and gas. The ultimate, proximate analysis and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) were performed to evaluate the chemical and thermal properties of the biomass fronds. The physiochemical analysis, ultimate analysis and chemical components using FTIR and GC-MS found in bio-oil were identified. The result shows that the optimum yield of bio-oil in OPF is 75mins and 600oC while for CF, it was 75mins and 800oC. The bio-oil's chemical composition corresponds to a mixture of several aromatic and oxygenated molecules, such as aldehydes, phenols, ketones, and carboxylic acids.