Energy Balance Analysis on the Slow Pyrolysis Process of Cattle Manure

Abstract:

Energy balances are increasingly used to assess the energy efficiency and productivity of production. In this study, energy balances for the slow pyrolysis process of cow manure were calculated. The results show that, for cow manure dry matter, all the recovered energy value from the pyrolysis process products is about 12 times of the energy needs for the dry matters pyrolysis process. But the moisture has a noteworthy impact on the energy efficiency. When the input moisture is 60.85%, the recovered energy value from all products is approximately equal to the process energy consumption, and if only using non-condensable gases (NCG) as the energy resource, the input moisture should lower than 36.63%. Meanwhile, if the vapor could be separated in the beginning phase of pyrolysis process, the energy efficiency will be greatly improved, e.g. if removed all water vapor out the system at 423K, the former two data could be 71.43% and 48.18%, which is 10.58% and 11.45% higher than the process without vapor separation handling.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 392)
• Pages: 531-534
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.392.531
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Xuan Liu, Zi Fu Li, Yao Zhong Zhang
• Keywords: Cow Manure, Energy Balance, Slow Pyrolysis

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