CHEMICA Jurnal Teknik Kimia
Vol 7, No 2 (2020): Desember 2020

Pyrolysis of Spirulina platensis Residue: Effect of Temperature without and with Fe-oxide catalyst

Siti Jamilatun ((SCOPUS ID: 57200595499) Universitas Ahmad Dahlan)
Tyas Aji Kurniawan (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan)
Adhi Chandra Purnama (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan)
Irfan Maulana Putra (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2021

Abstract

The limited reserves of fuel must resolve immediately. One of the renewable energy solutions that have the potential to come from biomass sources is microalgae. The advantages of microalgae compared to other biomass is the oil produced, the speed of growth, and it does not interfere with food availability. The processing of residual Spirulina platensis microalgae (SPR) by pyrolysis is exciting to do, does not cause pollution, and the technology is simple. This study's purpose was SPR pyrolysis with a grain size of 140 mesh without and with five (5) wt.% Fe-oxide catalyst. The variables studied were temperature on the yield of bio-oil products, water phase, charcoal, and gas. Pyrolysis was carried out in a fixed bed reactor at 300, 400, 500, 550, and 600 ⁰C. The higher the pyrolysis temperature, the higher the bio-oil yield, with the optimum catalyst at 400 ⁰C produced 15.34% and without a catalyst at a temperature of 500 ⁰C, namely 15.00%. The water yield phase in the range of 300-600 ⁰C is higher for catalyst use (30-39 %) than without catalyst (13.75-22.25%). The higher the pyrolysis temperature, the lower the yield char. The yield of gas without a catalyst was higher in the range of 30.69-38.94% compared to catalyst 12.58-26.18%. At a temperature of 300 ⁰C without a catalyst, the conversion obtained was 48.69%, while with a catalyst, 60.08%

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Journal Info

Abbrev

CHEMICA

Publisher

Subject

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Energy

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CHEMICA Jurnal Teknik Kimia ISSN, 2355-875X (print) 2355-8776 (online) is a journal that publishes manuscripts or scientific papers in Chemical Engineering. The scope of this journal covers chemical reaction techniques, separation, optimization, process control, process system engineering, waste ...