TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermochemical characterisation of agricultural wastes from West Africa
AU - Titiloye, James O.
AU - Abu Bakar, Muhammad S.
AU - Odetoye, Temitope E.
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Thermochemical characterisation of agricultural biomass wastes from West African region has been carried out and their potential use as feedstock in thermochemical conversion processes determined. Proximate, ultimate, structural compositions, calorific values, thermogravimetry (TGA) and derivative thermogravimetry (DTG) analyses were carried out on corn straw and cobs, rice straw and husks, cocoa pod, jatropha curcas and moringa olifiera seed cakes, parinari polyandra fruit shell and sugarcane bagasse. Moringa olifiera seed cakes and cocoa pods were found to contain the highest moisture contents. Rice straw was found to contain a high ash content of 45.76. wt.%. The level of nitrogen and sulphur in all the samples were very low. Rice husk was found to have the highest lignin contents while corn cob low lignin contents indicate a potential feedstock source for quality bio-oil production using thermochemical process.
AB - Thermochemical characterisation of agricultural biomass wastes from West African region has been carried out and their potential use as feedstock in thermochemical conversion processes determined. Proximate, ultimate, structural compositions, calorific values, thermogravimetry (TGA) and derivative thermogravimetry (DTG) analyses were carried out on corn straw and cobs, rice straw and husks, cocoa pod, jatropha curcas and moringa olifiera seed cakes, parinari polyandra fruit shell and sugarcane bagasse. Moringa olifiera seed cakes and cocoa pods were found to contain the highest moisture contents. Rice straw was found to contain a high ash content of 45.76. wt.%. The level of nitrogen and sulphur in all the samples were very low. Rice husk was found to have the highest lignin contents while corn cob low lignin contents indicate a potential feedstock source for quality bio-oil production using thermochemical process.
KW - biomass wasteThermoche
KW - thermochemical characterisation
KW - agricultural residue
KW - TGA
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84876343328&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.03.011
DO - 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.03.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84876343328
SN - 0926-6690
VL - 47
SP - 199
EP - 203
JO - Industrial Crops and Products
JF - Industrial Crops and Products
ER -