Energies 2012, 5(12), 4941-4951; doi:10.3390/en5124941
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Influence of Pyrolysis Temperature on Rice Husk Char Characteristics and Its Tar Adsorption Capability

Anchan Paethanom* email and Kunio Yoshikawaemail
Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, G5-8, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 17 September 2012; in revised form: 1 November 2012 / Accepted: 19 November 2012 / Published: 23 November 2012
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Abstract: A biomass waste, rice husk, was inspected by thermoanalytical investigation to evaluate its capability as an adsorbent medium for tar removal. The pyrolysis process has been applied to the rice husk material at different temperatures 600, 800 and 1000 °C with 20 °C/min heating rate, to investigate two topics: (1) influence of temperature on characterization of rice husk char and; (2) adsorption capability of rice husk char for tar removal. The results showed that subsequent to high temperature pyrolysis, rice husk char became a highly porous material, which was suitable as tar removal adsorbent with the ability to remove tar effectively. In addition, char characteristics and tar removal ability were significantly influenced by the pyrolysis temperature.
Keywords: rice husk char; tar removal; pyrolysis; adsorption

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Paethanom, A.; Yoshikawa, K. Influence of Pyrolysis Temperature on Rice Husk Char Characteristics and Its Tar Adsorption Capability. Energies 2012, 5, 4941-4951.

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Paethanom A, Yoshikawa K. Influence of Pyrolysis Temperature on Rice Husk Char Characteristics and Its Tar Adsorption Capability. Energies. 2012; 5(12):4941-4951.

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Paethanom, Anchan; Yoshikawa, Kunio. 2012. "Influence of Pyrolysis Temperature on Rice Husk Char Characteristics and Its Tar Adsorption Capability." Energies 5, no. 12: 4941-4951.

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