Producción potencial de bio oil y biochar por pirólisis de residuos de Banano y Arroz

Abstract

The objective of this work is a proposal to revalue banana and rice waste from El Oro province, by estimating the potential production of bio-oil and biochar using heat treatments. In order to reach an estimate of the potential production of these products, the determination of the hectares planted was carried out, Also the total annual production, amount of lignocellulosic biomass generated by banana and rice crops within the province, resulting in 1,649,079 tonnes of bananas being produced in 2019 on 190,381 hectares of planting and 8,290 ton of rice on 4,946 hectares, generating a total biomass of 72,012 and 3,991 tonnes/hectares respectively. The figures for potential bio-oil production with a yield of 50% were 3,600,530 and 199,500 tonnes/year and at 75% production was 5,400,795 and 299,325 tonnes/year, while in biochar 86,127 and 47,892 ton/year were obtained with a yield of 12%, but if the yield increases to 20% a total of 1,440.21 and 79,820 ton/year is generated with respect to banana and rice waste. The main uses of these products are the use of bio-oil as fuel, it can also serve as a raw material for the manufacture of chemicals and biochar for the production of activated charcoal for water, gas and soil nutrient treatment.