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In this thesis, we explored the possibility of making bitumen components out of wood, using method liquid phase pyrolysis. Experiments were performed in a high-temperature batch stirred tank reactor with circuit breakers. At the output we collected water and oil distillate. Gas products were led to the torch. Samples of the reactor residue were extracted with toluene.
We proposed a theoretical model of liquid phase wood pyrolysis. The model predicts a non-reactive liquid phase at the same time blending and dispersing the wood residue in the liquid phase. The model assumes the formation of only optimal products, in line with tendencies; maintaining as high proportion of carbon and hydrogen and as low proportion of oxygen, in the wood residue, as possible. With liquid phase pyrolysis we can, according to the model, optimally obtain 46 % of bituminous component, 0 % of oil fraction, 30 % of water fraction and 24 % of gas fraction.
By experiments, we examined the impact of the maximum process temperature, on the course of pyrolysis of wood. During the research, with maximum process temperature of 288 °C, we eliminated 8 % of oil fraction, 25 % of water fraction and 18 % of gas fraction from wood. Results are close to the optimum values predicted by the model. Thus we assume that we were able to significantly reduce the proportion of oxygen in the wood residue. At this temperature, the wood residue is not blended in the liquid phase. Larger pieces, with woody structure, remained in the reactor residue. With the analysis with toluene we found, that straining reactor residue contains approximately the same proportion of insoluble matter as liquid phase.
By increasing the maximum pyrolysis temperature, wood structure is falling apart. At 381 °C, we get the blending of the wood residue in the liquid phase. Solid samples of the reactor residue are fragile and heterogeneous. The samples were dissolved with toluene and the solution was filtered. The filter residue had accumulated charcoal products. Wood products, in the reactor residue, are probably acting as filler and not as a component of the liquid bituminous phase.
By the pyrolysis of wood, with rubber distillate as a liquid phase, we were able, already at 288 °C, to reduce the proportion of oxygen in the reactor mixture. At this temperature, we were not able to blend the lignin part of wood in the liquid phase, while the wiped reactor reminder does not contain increase amount of charcoal products. If we increase the maximal temperature of the process, wood residue starts to carbonize (conversion to carbon), rather than dissolves or disperses in a liquid phase. By increasing the maximum pyrolysis temperature, we achieved blending wood residue with liquid phase. But carbonized products supposedly, do not have binder properties desired in the bitumen. We assume that pyrolysis products are acting as filler, and are not very suitable for bitumen production.
In this thesis, we have determined the necessary process, depending on the type of bitumen components, which we want to acquire. |