Mustard Press Cake Pyrolysis and Product Yield Characterization

Developing countries like India are facing a problem of higher waste generation due to increasing population. The shortage of disposal ground and stringent environmental rules are some of the main constraints of waste management. On the other hand the life of the conventional fossil fuel has become limited in the present era, where the use of energy and their source has been growing faster than the world population. The rigorous use of fossil fuel increases the emission rate of the green house gases which is a threat to the world climate. As a consequence, the world energy resources are exhausting and environment pollution is increasing. The world wide researchers are working to develop economical, energy-efficient processes and resources for production of fuels. In recent years pyrolysis method has been receiving great attention as a promising technology for producing char, bio-oil and gas. In this present investigation, mustard press cakes have been chosen as a source of renewable energy and as a pyrolysis feedstock. Experiments have been performed to determine the reaction kinetics. Temperature effects of pyro products yield have been discussed. CHNS and SEM analysis of char obtained from mustard press cake have been done. Pyro-oil yield was analysed using FT-IR.