%0 Journal Article
	%A Ekaterina Artiukhina and  Panagiotis Grammelis
	%D 2015
	%J International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 108, 2015
	%T Torrefaction of Biomass Pellets: Modeling of the Process in a Fixed Bed Reactor
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10003359
	%V 108
	%X Torrefaction of biomass pellets is considered as a
useful pretreatment technology in order to convert them into a high
quality solid biofuel that is more suitable for pyrolysis, gasification,
combustion, and co-firing applications. In the course of torrefaction,
the temperature varies across the pellet, and therefore chemical
reactions proceed unevenly within the pellet. However, the
uniformity of the thermal distribution along the pellet is generally
assumed. The torrefaction process of a single cylindrical pellet is
modeled here, accounting for heat transfer coupled with chemical
kinetics. The drying sub-model was also introduced. The nonstationary
process of wood pellet decomposition is described by the
system of non-linear partial differential equations over the
temperature and mass. The model captures well the main features of
the experimental data.

	%P 1499 - 1502