Carbonización a escala piloto de los residuos del beneficio del fruto de la palma de aceite.
Although the wastes of the palm oil mill (empty fruit bunches, fiber and shell) have application at the moment in the same mills or in the plantations, their use or it is not total, or it presents some limitations which restrict it in certain situations. For this reason, it becomes important the investigation on alternative uses for the residual biomass, preferably by creating products with an added value. The carbonization of these wastes is presented as an interesting management option, since from this process it is obtained a char as product and a condensed as by-product, which have an important application potential as fertilizer, and as repellent and controller of insects, respectively. With the purpose of studying the technical feasibillity of obtaining chars starting from the residual biomass in question and in an efficent way, twelve carbonization runs were carried out at pilot scale (six preliminary and six definitive), using a metallic drum by way of reactor. For the definitive runs, the process durations and the bed heights were registered, and the char and condensed yields were determined. Starting from all the runs, the procedure for the obtaining of chars in metallic drums was adjusted. It was found that it is feasible to obtain chars starting from empty fruit bunches, fiber and shell with yields in general acceptable, by means of a method that requires a moderate capital investment, it is of simple operation and it takes relatively short process durations.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | pa |
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Bogotá : Cenipalma,
2007
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| Subjects: | Aceite de palma, Procesos, Usos., Clarificación., Extracción., |
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