Title
The effectiveness of coconut coir as tar adsorbent in liquid smoke integrated into the pyrolysis reactor
Date Issued
01 June 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Tar is a toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compound that can cause pipe clogging problems and engine damages. Thus, the purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of coconut coir from coconut shells (Cocos nucifera) as tar adsorbent integrated into the pyrolysis reactor. The pyrolysis process occurred at 400 °C for 4 h in equipment consisted of a combustion reactor, filter reactor as an adsorbent, and condenser. The results of FTIR and SEM analysis have shown that coconut coir could be effectively used as a tar adsorbent. The GCMS test showed no PAH compounds in liquid smoke. Also, the physicochemical properties of liquid smoke from coir adsorbent were better than liquid smoke without adsorbent. The tar trapped in the coir had an increase in calorific value compared with raw coir. Moreover, the presence of tar in coir had significantly improved the thermal degradation properties of coconut coir.
Volume
25
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales Termodinámica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85102099933
Source
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
ISSN of the container
2214157X
Sponsor(s)
The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia for the support funding through PMDSU 2019 with given contract No. 160/UN5.2.3.1/PPM/KP-DRPM/2019 and PKPI Programme 2019 scheme .
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