Title
Hydrothermal liquefaction process of food waste in batch and continuous lab scale reactors
Conference Dates
June 16-21, 2019
Abstract
Due to the energy burden that represents the drying step, wet biomass is often underexploited for energy purpose. Indeed, this step represents one of the most energy consuming step in a thermochemical process and is often economically prohibitive. During hydrothermal liquefaction, conversion of biomass takes place at temperatures between 250 and 374 °C and at pressures above the saturation pressure to ensure that water remains in the liquid phase, typically above 100 bars, avoiding enthalpy energy penalties [1]. To avoid competitive use of land for food supply and excessive cost of entrance biomass, blackcurrant pomace and brewery’s spent grains have been selected and tested on liquefaction as food residues. Experiments have been carried out in a 600 mL batch reactor (PARR), allowing maximum temperature of 320°C and maximum pressure of 130 bars. Effects of operating parameters such as temperature and holding time, biomass pretreatment and reactor configuration are investigated on mass yields, aqueous phase composition and energy balance. Results obtained in the batch reactor constitute the reference of this study, in the comprehension of the mechanism of the liquefaction of food residues. Also, these results form the basis for a model to scale up the process, and are confronted to the results on a continuous lab scale plant.
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Recommended Citation
Morgane Briand, Anne Roubaud, Geert Haarlemmer, and Pascal Fongarland, "Hydrothermal liquefaction process of food waste in batch and continuous lab scale reactors" in "Pyroliq 2019: Pyrolysis and Liquefaction of Biomass and Wastes", Franco Berruti, ICFAR, Western University, Canada Anthony Dufour, CNRS Nancy, France Wolter Prins, University of Ghent, Belgium Manuel Garcia-Pérez, Washington State University, USA Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2019). https://dc.engconfintl.org/pyroliq_2019/8