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Bio-Gasoline and Bio-Kerosene Production by Fractional Distillation of Pyrolysis Bio-Oil Açaí Seeds

Douglas Alberto Rocha de Castro
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Haroldo Jorge da Silva Ribeiro
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Lauro Henrique Hamoy Guerreiro
,
Lucas Pinto Bernar
,
Sami Jonatan S. J. Bremer
,
Hélio da Silva Almeida
,
Marcelo Costa Santos
,
Sergio Duvoisin Jr.
,
Luiz Eduardo Pizarro Borges
,
Nélio Teixeira Machado
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Version 1 : Received: 4 February 2021 / Approved: 8 February 2021 / Online: 8 February 2021 (11:10:32 CET)

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Rocha de Castro, D.A.; da Silva Ribeiro, H.J.; Hamoy Guerreiro, L.H.; Pinto Bernar, L.; Jonatan Bremer, S.; Costa Santo, M.; da Silva Almeida, H.; Duvoisin, S., Jr.; Pizarro Borges, L.E.; Teixeira Machado, N. Production of Fuel-Like Fractions by Fractional Distillation of Bio-Oil from Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) Seeds Pyrolysis. Energies 2021, 14, 3713. Rocha de Castro, D.A.; da Silva Ribeiro, H.J.; Hamoy Guerreiro, L.H.; Pinto Bernar, L.; Jonatan Bremer, S.; Costa Santo, M.; da Silva Almeida, H.; Duvoisin, S., Jr.; Pizarro Borges, L.E.; Teixeira Machado, N. Production of Fuel-Like Fractions by Fractional Distillation of Bio-Oil from Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) Seeds Pyrolysis. Energies 2021, 14, 3713.

Abstract

The bio-oil obtained by pyrolysis of Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) seeds at 450 ºC, 1.0 atmosphere, in technical scale, submitted to fractional distillation to produce biofuels-like fractions. The distillation of bio-oil carried out in a laboratory distillation column (Vigreux) of 30 cm. The physical-chemistry properties (density, kinematic viscosity, acid value and refractive index) determined by official methods. The chemical functions present in distillation fractions determined by FT-IR and the chemical composition by GC-MS. The distillation of bio-oil yielded gasoline, light kerosene, and kerosene-like fuel fractions of 16.16, 19.56, and 41.89% (wt.), respectively. All the physical-chemistry properties (density, kinematic viscosity, acid value and refractive index) increase with boiling temperature. The gasoline-like fraction is composed by 64.0% (area.) hydrocarbons and 36.0% (area.) oxygenates, while light kerosene-like fraction by 66.67% (area.) hydrocarbons and 33.33% (area.) oxygenates, and kerosene-like fraction by 19.87% (area.) hydrocarbons and 81.13% (area.) oxygenates.

Keywords

Açaí; Residual Seeds; Pyrolysis; Bio-Oil; Distillation; Bio-gasoline; Bio-kerosene

Subject

Engineering, Automotive Engineering

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