Experimental dataset investigating the effect of temperature in the presence or absence of catalysts on the pyrolysis of plantain and yam peels for bio-oil production.

ABSTRACT: More than 1.3 billion tons, a third of the total food produced, is wasted annually, and it has been predicted to increase in the coming years. Food waste significantly contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting in the release of about 3.3 billion tonnes of CO₂ into the environment yearly. Hence this large amount of wastes, with adverse environmental effects, needs to be appropriately managed. New technologies such as Anaerobic digestion, fermentation, and gasification are being used to produce renewable energy, which in turn reduces the increasing level of food wastes in the environment. Pyrolysis of biomass materials or food wastes produces high-value energy products or bio-oil that can possibly replace non-renewable fossil fuels when it is upgraded. In this study,

SUBMITTER: Efeovbokhan VE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7300137 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature