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Simulation studies on microwave-assisted pyrolysis of biomass for bioenergy production with special attention on waveguide number and location

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dc.contributor.authorMohd Mokhta Z.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOng M.Y.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSalman B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNomanbhay S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSalleh S.F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorChew K.W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorShow P.-L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorChen W.-H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57211947660en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57191970824en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57195282152en_US
dc.contributor.authorid22135844300en_US
dc.contributor.authorid56367343500en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57192980692en_US
dc.contributor.authorid47861451300en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57200873137en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T08:15:02Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T08:15:02Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionBioconversion; Electric fields; Electromagnetic field effects; Electromagnetic fields; Energy efficiency; Microwave heating; Microwaves; Pyrolysis; Waveguides; Bio-energy; Bioenergy productions; Conventional heating; Electric field distributions; Influential factors; Maximum temperature; Microwave-assisted pyrolysis; Simulation; Biomass; bioenergy; bioreactor; computer simulation; electric field; electromagnetic field; heating; microwave radiation; pyrolysis; softwareen_US
dc.description.abstractThe society's concern has moved toward sustainability nowadays and hence, the conversion of biomass into biofuels, through pyrolysis process, is one of the current research trends. Green processing technologies, like microwave heating, has been suggested to replace the conventional heating for biomass conversion as it provides energy-efficient heating and reduces time consumption. In this work, COMSOL Multiphysics software was used to study the effects of the waveguide position (bottom-fed vs side-fed) and unit (single-fed vs double-fed) on the electromagnetic field and heat distribution profile within the sample. Based on the results, the double-fed microwave can achieve higher maximum temperature (462 �C) at the same simulation time, followed by the single bottom-fed reactor (404 �C). An extension to the investigated work with more than two waveguides has shown that it will neither improve the electric field distribution nor increase the maximum temperature. This work concludes that both the position and unit of the waveguide are highly influential factors in determining the quality and speed of the biomass heating process. The double-fed microwave is the most suitable design to accelerate the pyrolysis process. The assumption of this simulation study is further validated as there is only ?5% difference between simulations and experiments. � 2019 Elsevier Ltden_US
dc.description.natureFinalen_US
dc.identifier.ArtNo116474
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.energy.2019.116474
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85075469230
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075469230&doi=10.1016%2fj.energy.2019.116474&partnerID=40&md5=366c0070b44b850a7632da38a6c07143
dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25835
dc.identifier.volume190
dc.publisherElsevier Ltden_US
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleEnergy
dc.titleSimulation studies on microwave-assisted pyrolysis of biomass for bioenergy production with special attention on waveguide number and locationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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