Pyrolytic Process Converts Poultry Litter Into Biofuel Oil

Scientists from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the United States developed a mobile portable pyrolysis module for the conversion of poultry litter into a “diesel-like bio-oil’. Pyrolysis is a process of heating the raw material in the absence of air. This is a process that takes care of the environmental and bio-security issues asscociated  with poultry litter, while producing a value-added product. The added portability also reduces the cost of transporting the raw material for biofuel processing. Using a “fast pyrolysis fluidized bed reactor”, the research team headed by Associate Professor Foster A. Agblevor, obtained a bio-oil product with a yield ranging from 30% to 50%, and a heating value between 26 Megajoules/kg to 29 Megajoules/kg.

Related Information
Pyrolysis:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrolysis
Fluidized bed reactor:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluidized_bed_reactor