Co-Torrefaction Progress of Biomass

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This entry is adapted from the peer-reviewed paper 10.3390/en15218297

The co-torrefaction of several biomasses may be a viable solution in the study area, as it produces biofuels and addresses waste-treatment concerns. Furthermore, the parameters of co-torrefaction, including temperature, reaction time, mass yield, energy yield, and the composition of the H/C and O/C ratio of the co-torrefied materials, are similar to those for coal composition. Different reactor types, such as fixed-bed, fluidized-bed, microwave, and batch reactors, are used for co-torrefaction, in which biomass blends with optimized blend ratios.

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1. Introduction

Since the beginning of the industrial era in the 18th century, the world has consumed most of the fossil fuels (such as coal, oil, and natural gas) at a high speed ^[1]. The widespread use of fossil fuels has lead to two major crises: energy depletion and global warming. As a result, the development of renewable energy and the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions have become a critical priority in the 21st century ^[2]^[3]. People in various countries depend on biomass as a sustainable energy source to meet the expanding energy demands and support economic growth ^[4]^[5]. Most biomasses have a low carbon content and high oxygen, hydrogen, and sulfur contents, which maximizes air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions ^[6]^[7]. In the opinion of most experts, the development of renewable energy, at present, is essential to reduce the use of fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, and ecological pollution. Renewable biomass or bioenergy is the most abundant energy source in technologies to date ^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11].

Various categories of biomass resources are processed using various thermochemical techniques, such as torrefaction and pyrolysis, including gasification, which uses higher temperatures (≥200 °C) to valorize biomass into bio-solids and bio-oil, including syngas ^[10]^[12]^[13]. Renewable energy generated from wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and biomass ^[14]^[15] sources is replacing energy derived from fossil fuels. Bioenergy derived from biomass has some potential to partially replace non-renewable sources, such as coal (electricity generation). However, compared to coal, biomass, by nature, has a lower energy density, greater moisture levels, and volatiles ^[16]. Due to this, biomass must undergo pre-treatment to enhance its qualities before it can be used instead of fossil fuel ^[17]. Pyrolysis, which depends on temperature and heating rate, promotes the synthesis of bio-solid, bio-oil, and syngas from biomass resources in an inert environment ^[18]^[19]. Torrefaction uses moderate temperatures (200–300 °C) to convert biomass into fuel bio-solids ^[20]^[21]^[22]. Co-torrefaction is the heating of two biomasses at 200–300 °C in an inert environment. Due to the higher biomass-to-coal ratio, fuel has greater flexibility and produces less tar ^[23]^[24].

Several previous studies emphasized co-thermal processing, such as the co-pyrolysis of waste resins and conventional biomass, and also reported their interaction effects. For example, the synergistic impact on liquid and gas yields was identified when biomass was combined ^[25]. As a result of the addition of pine cones to polymeric materials, the number of gaseous products increased more than expected, resulting in a lower char yield ^[26]. Co-torrefaction is feasible for the production of bio-solids ^[27]. The bio-solid fuels can be utilized for co-firing or environmental remediation applications through the thermochemical process (torrefaction) ^[28]. The use of biomass for co-torrefaction with a low calorific value implies the maximum amount of oxygen and hydrogen in the biomass. Co-torrefaction can increase the calorific value of a bio-solid fuel by removing the moisture content and the decomposing part of the volatile matter ^[29]. Microwave co-torrefaction of an empty fruit bunch with used engine oil at 300 °C has been shown to improve the high heating value (28.0 MJ/kg) of solid fuel ^[30]. Numerous types of biomass waste can be used without harming the environment ^[31]. Solid biomass and bio-oil can be combined by mixing several biomass ratios, thus reducing waste disposal and greenhouse gas emissions ^[32]^[33]^[34]. The co-torrefaction of various feedstocks improves the fuel properties of the product ^[35]. It is challenging to store hygroscopic raw biomass because of its higher moisture content and lower energy density ^[36]^[37]. This means that the use of raw biomass as a fossil fuel alternative, such as coal, is limited because of these features. Processing, on the other hand, can address the drawbacks of raw biomass. To achieve this, biomass can be pretreated by a process known as co-torrefaction. Temperatures of 200 °C–300 °C are used under vacuum, and nitrogen is supplied during the heating of raw biomass ^[22]^[36]. Furthermore, the study observed that co-torrefaction can significantly increase the properties of biomass at some levels ^[38], such as reducing the moisture content of the raw biomass, resulting in higher energy density and a higher heating value (HHV) ^[39]. Furthermore, the hygroscopic characteristic of raw biomass has been transformed into hydrophobic fuel ^[40]. Figure 1a presents the total publications obtained from different countries, while Figure 1b indicates the dynamics of the yearly publications.

Figure 1. Number of publications in the co-torrefaction process (a) country-wise for the whole period and (b) year-wise retrieved from the Scopus database (2 October 2022).

The following table summarizes the most recent research conducted on the co-torrefaction of biomass and garbage, including studies, features, and outcomes. The co-torrefaction of biomass as feedstock did not indicate a synergetic effect. The torrefied product presented an inconsequential improvement in HHV for use as a fuel co-fire ^[41]. The co-torrefaction process used empty fruit bunch (EFB) pellets as the primary feedstock and cooking oil (UCO) as the secondary feedstock to enhance the calorific value, and hence the increased quality of the EFB pellets. As a result, high-calorific-value torrefied pellets that are more environmentally friendly were produced. Microwave co-torrefaction (MCT) is a new technology that combines microwave heating with co-torrefaction ^[42]. Torrefied biomass pellets were compared with typical furnace-based co-torrefaction in terms of their properties, manufacturing process, waste reduction, and energy-conversion efficiency ^[42]. A torrefied biomass can be integrated into coal-fired boilers through direct, indirect, or simultaneous co-firing systems ^[43]. The study shows that microwave heating is an innovative technology integrated with the torrefaction process ^[42]^[44]. The work conducted on the co-torrefaction of various biomass and waste materials is summarized in Table 1.

Table 1. Latest developments in the co-torrefaction process.

Sr. No.	Biomass Type	Blending Ratio	Process and Type of Reactor	Process Condition	Outcome	Application	Ref.
1	Waste epoxy resin and fir	Mixing ratio of fir:waste epoxy resin is 1:3	Co-torrefaction Conventional heating batch-type reactor	Temperature: 120 °C–180 °C, time: 10 min–40 min	Solid yield 76.86%. Enhancement in HHV 1.12 Energy yield 85.79% Improved evaporation of volatile compounds. Solid yield adversely affected	Improvement of biochar	^[23]
2	Sewage sludge and Leucaena	Mixing ratio of sewage sludge:Leucaena is (75:25%)	Co-torrefaction Microwave heating	Microwave power level 100 W, time: 30 min, temperature: 170 °C–390 °C	Bio-char made from pure Leucaena wood has a CO₂ adsorption capacity of 53 mg/g	Solves waste-water problem. Production of biofuels	^[44]
3	Biomass and coal	Blending ratio of biomass:coal is (30:70%)	Vertical tubular furnace	Temperature: 300 °C, time: 60 min	Produced mass yield: (57.0–63.8%), energy yield: (77.0–89.0%), (18.1–22.2%) reduction in CO₂ emissions	Enhances the quality of coal	^[45]
4	Microalgae and Lignocellulosic biomass	-	Co-torrefaction A gas chromatographic furnace with a glass reactor	Temperature: 250 °C, time: 60 min	Better temperatures (92.6%) result in higher energy efficiency, but the moisture content of the feed mixture quickly decreases this efficiency (16.9 to 57.3% for 70% moisture)	High production of bio-char with high calorific value	^[35]
5	Mango seed and passion shell with optoelectronic sludge	Blending optoelectronic sludge with mango seed in a 25/75 ratio	Wet co-torrefaction Microwave reactor	Temperature from 120 °C to 180 °C), reaction duration from 10–40 min	Higher heating value of 19.0 MJ/kg, 92.1% of energy yield, fuel ratios of 1.60–1.82, and an energy return on investment of 14.7%	The production of fuel of the highest grade	^[46]
6	Food sludge and lignocellulosic biowaste	Mixing macadamia husk and sludge in a (25/75%) ratio (db%)	Wet co-torrefaction Microwave reactor	Temperature: 150 °C, duration: 20 min	HHV:19.6 MJ/kg; decreased ash content; first-order kinetics; increased thermal stability and combustion efficiency of biochar; 7.4 energy return on investment; 45.2% reduction in carbon gas emissions	Production of bio-solid and nutrient recovery	^[41]
7	Empty fruit bunch pellet, used cooking oil, and waste engine oil	-	Co-torrefaction Microwave reactor	Temperature: 200, 250 °C and 300 °C, heating rate: 50–65 °C/min, time: 5–8 min	There is an 85.5 wt% mass yield Fuel ratio: 1.8. Carbon content: 68.3%. Fixed carbon: 62.3%. HHV: 28.0 MJ/kg.	Production of solid fuel with greater improvement	^[30]
10	Hemicellulose, cellulose, lignin, xylan, dextran, xylose, and glucose	Weight ratio (1:1:1)	Co-torrefaction Conventional heating thermogravimetry	Temperature: 230 °C, 260 °C and 290 °C	There is no synergistic effect of co-torrefaction on weight loss of the blend	-	^[47]
11	Textile sludge and lignocellulose biowaste (macadamia husk)	-	Wet co-torrefaction	Temperature: 120 °C–180 °C, time: 10–30 min	Amount of fixed carbon: 29.8%, HHV: 19.7 MJ/kg	Production of biofuel	^[41]
12	Mango branches (MBr), waste newspaper (Np), and low-density polyethylene (LDPE)	Three binary mixtures prepared, with a mass ratio of 1:1	Bench-scale tubular reactor	Temperature: 300 °C	(MBr-LDPE) carbon content: 71.94% HHV: 35.84 MJ/kg	Improved fuel characteristics that allow co-firing	^[48]
13	Food sludge and six widely produced lignocellulose bi-wastes	Blending ratios of 0/100, 25/75, 50/50, and 100/0	Microwave heating system	Torrefaction temperature (120, 150, and 180 °C), reaction time (10, 20, and 30 min)	Food sludge blended with macadamia husk (25/75 db%) highest fixed carbon content (25%) HHV: (19.6 MJ/kg)	Renewable energy resource.	^[41]

2. Co-Torrefaction Mechanism and Operation Parameters

2.1. Co-Torrefaction Process

Co-torrefaction occurs when two biomass blends undergo a process and are converted into a bio-solid. Figure 2 illustrates the process of co-torrefaction. In Figure 2, two residual/waste biomass were blended together in various blending ratios (0:100, 25:75, and 50:50%). The feedstock was placed into the furnace for pre-treatment (co-torrefaction) and run under vacuum with a supply of nitrogen, so that an inert atmosphere was created in the furnace in order to avoid the possible ignition of the sample. The duration of this step depended on the flow rate and size of the furnace. After purging the supply of nitrogen was interrupted, the sample was kept in a crucible placed in the central furnace with a heating rate of 10 °C/min in the temperature range of 200–300 °C for a residence time of 30 min to 2 h ^[49]. Three products (bio-oil, bio-solid, and bio-gas) were obtained from the furnace following the co-torrefaction of blending the residual biomass. The main outcome of the co-torrefaction process is a high-quality bio-solid product ^[50]. The co-torrefaction process is endothermic at low temperatures, but progresses toward an exothermic process when char is formed during the thermal degradation of lignocellulosic biomass at high temperatures ^[51]. During the degradation of the components, various reactions are involved. The first stage is to remove the moisture content at 110 °C. The following stage is to remove inbound moisture or a fully moisture-free environment when the temperature increases to 200 °C. At 200 °C, the torrefaction process begins to decompose volatile matter to produce solid, liquid, and gaseous products. At 200–250 °C, the stage of decomposition of hemicellulose occurs that is characterized by limited devolatilization, and a solid structure is formed. During this stage, C-C, C-O, and inter- and intramolecular hydrogen breakdowns occur, which form condensable liquids and non-condensable gases. The stage of 250–300 °C is the extensive part of the torrefaction process in which hemicellulose decomposes into volatiles and solid products are formed ^[42].

Figure 2. Co-torrefaction process.

2.2. Synergistic Effect

When two or more biomass wastes combine to generate a more significant impact than either of them could produce alone, this is called a synergistic effect. When materials are combined, synergistic effects may be used to increase co-torrefaction yields. Furthermore, the combination of OS with MIse and Passiflora edulis shell (PEsh) for wet torrefaction (WT) has a synergistic impact on the increase in HHV content in co-torrefied bio-solid, especially in a 75/25% ratio ^[46]. As a consequence of these results, combining OS with fruit bio-waste is an additional effective way to help the process, involving the betterment of the bio-solid as a product. Therefore, it is likely to be used instead of traditional fuels in the future (e.g., coal) ^[52].

2.3. Operating Parameters

The co-torrefaction process utilized a variety of biomasses that were thermochemically processed and acquired desirable qualities. During the co-torrefaction of biomass, numerous operating parameters affected the co-torrefaction process, such as the role of temperature, residence duration on mass and energy yields, and the HHV of biomass, and the Van Krevelen diagram.

2.3.1. Studying the Role of Temperature and Residence Time on Mass and Energy Yields

The mass and energy yields of the co-torrefied biomass varied with temperature and the reaction time. The increase in temperature and residence time decreased the mass and energy yields, while the energy density increased. The mass yield of OS decreased when the co-torrefaction temperature increased from 120 °C to 180 °C, from 98.4% after 10 min at 150 °C to 79.9% after 30 min at 180 °C. The main constituents of raw sewage (such as low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons) were degraded with the increasing co-torrefaction intensity. This reaction had an energy density of 1.14 and a 100% energy yield at 150 °C for a reaction time of 30 min ^[46]. During co-torrefaction at a temperature of 150 °C and a reaction time of 10 min, a further 99.4% energy yield was obtained with an associated energy density of 1.01 ^[46]. As a result, unnecessary energy consumption is reduced, and a high HHV of bio-solid is obtained ^[46]. During 20 min of torrefaction at 150 °C, 95.2% of the energy was extracted, with a maximum energy density of 1.20.

The mass and energy yields were affected by various blend ratios and types of biowaste used ^[29]. The OS and bio-waste co-torrefied together produced more than 80% of the total mass and energy yield. These were the same yields reported for the microwave-based torrefaction of OS, which may have been due to the heating of the samples from the inside at lower temperatures and for shorter periods, leading to their higher energy efficiency ^[53]. This might be because microwave-irradiation heating modes are more energy efficient, as they can heat the interiors of materials at lower co-torrefaction temperatures for shorter periods of time ^[54]. The bulk bio-solid yields decreased when the ratio of the OS/biowaste blend was reduced from 75/25 to 25/75%, especially in the case of the PEsh OS blend ^[46]. This phenomenon occurs because biomass has a higher microwave-absorption capacity than sludge, resulting in the considerable devolatilization of biomass as the percentage of bio-waste in the mix increases ^[55]. Because MIse and PEsh have lower energy densities than those of pure OS, they increase the energy density of pure OS. When OS is combined with MIse and PEsh bio-wastes, the energy and mass yields are the same. When the OS/bio-waste blending ratio was altered from 75/25% to 25/75%, the bio-solid mass yields decreased from 95.1% to 92.1% for OS combined with MIse and 93.4–65.2% for OS mixed with PEsh. These results are consistent with the other research investigating the co-torrefaction of sewage sludge and Leucaena using microwave heating ^[54]. Note that when the OS–PEsh and OS–MIse co-torrefied bio-char was mixed at 50/50 and 25/75%, the mass recovery and energy yields of the OS–PEsh co-torrefied bio-solid were substantially lower than those of the OS–MIse co-torrefied bio-solid ^[46]. Furthermore, when bio-waste and sludge are mixed for co-torrefaction, heat can degrade a significant amount of hemicellulose and cellulose, reducing the mass and energy yields of bio-char while maintaining its higher energy content ^[55]. Furthermore, bio-solids produced from co-torrefied food waste offer an improved substitute for peat in terms of their thermal qualities when combined with sugarcane bagasse, rice straw, Pisdium guajava, Annona squamosal, macadamia husk, and pistachio husk, respectively ^[41].

2.3.2. Studying the Role of Temperature and Residence Time on HHV

The quality of a bio-solid can be significantly influenced by the proportions of biomass used in the mixing process. The combination of OS with MIse and PEsh bio-waste generates a bio-solid with different HHVs. The Mlse and PEsh biowastes were observed to have experimental HHVs of 19.4 and 18.6 MJ/kg, respectively, which was significantly higher than OS (15.5 MJ/kg) after 30 min of torrefaction at 150 °C; microwave-assisted WT was used to mix textile sludge and lignocellulose bio-waste, and bio-char HHV increased in the same proportion as the blending ratios of the two types of bio-waste increased. Following 30 min of torrefaction at 150 °C, it was revealed that the maximum high-heating values of OS mixed with MIse and PEsh were better than those obtained with the other blending ratios (75/25 and 50/50%). These were 19.0 and 18.3 MJ/kg, respectively ^[46]. The resulting bio-solid had a maximum of 19.2–21.1 MJ/kg HHV, which was an increase over lignite coal (19.2–21.1 MJ/kg) ^[56]. A total of 55% of the carbon in bio-char was fixed carbon compared to raw food sludge (FS). The fixed carbon and ash contents of biomass increased when the FS and bio-waste were mixed. As a result, agricultural bio-waste can be appropriately disposed of by reusing it as renewable energy ^[57]. As the ratio of blending for bio-waste increased, the HHVs increased more than the FS; the energy density of the subsequent bio-solid also increased. Sewage sludge and Leucaena co-torrefaction produced a similar outcome. When bio-solid was created from torrefied food scraps, it had a significantly higher HHV than bio-solid created from torrefied food scraps alone (19.2–20 MJ/kg). The HHV content of FS with MH (25/75% dry basis) presented the highest amount of investigational HHV ^[41].

This is consistent with those previously described for torrefied wood and agricultural biomass after hydrothermal carbonization. The higher degree of carbonization of torrefaction significantly accelerated cellulose and hemicellulose degradation, resulting in a reduction in smoke (from fly ash, CO_x, NO_x, and SO_x) produced during biofuel combustion ^[58]. The increase in the temperature and reaction time of torrefaction steadily increases the HHV. The result is affected more by the reactor time of co-torrefaction than by the temperature of the OS bio-solid. The heating value of the bio-solid was 24.1 MJ/kg, at a temperature of 300 °C at a residence time of 45 min. The blended FS bio-solid had a maximum heating value of 18.9 MJ/kg at 150 °C at 30 min. The HHV of bio-solid from FS was 21.7% higher than that of the raw sludge ^[41]. The increase in torrefaction temperature decreased the mass yield from 84.2% (120 °C for 30 min) to 67.7% (200 °C for 30 min). It could be associated with protein breakdown and polysaccharides in solids of sludge ^[59].

2.3.3. Van Krevelen Diagram

The Van Krevelen diagram was first used to categorize the coal and estimate the compositional change throughout maturity by plotting O/C against H/C. In order to better understand fuel quality, one must consider the atomic ratios of the constituting elements. The HHV of biomass, for example, ranged from approximately 20.5 to 15 MJ/kg as the oxygen–carbon ratio increased from 0.86 to 1.03 ^[60].

The Van Krevelen diagram also compares torrefied and untorrefied biomass. Torrefied biomass has a higher carbon content and decreases oxygen and hydrogen contents compared to untorrefied biomass. The other aspect is that co-torrefied biomass has lower oxygen-to-carbon and hydrogen-to-carbon ratios compared to untorrefied biomass, as presented in Figure 3. Untorrefied biomass, such as OS 100%, MIse 100%, EFB 100%, Cv 100%, and Lc 100%, have low HHVs due to the higher O/C and H/C ratios, and co-torrefied biomass, such as OS:MIse (25:75%) torrefied = 150 °C, EFB with used UCO torrefied = 300 °C, Lc 50% torrefied = 300 °C, and Lc 100% torrefied = 300 °C, have high HHVs due to the low O/C ratio, as depicted in Figure 3. This discussion shows that torrefied biomass has better fuel than untorrefied biomass.

Figure 3. Van Krevelen diagram redrawn using the data from ^[61].

Figure 3 also presents the O/C and H/C values of the coal. Anthracite has elaborated low values of the O/C and H/C ratios and presents high-solid-fuel properties. After comparing the torrefied with untorrefied biomass in different literature surveys, it can be observed that the un-torrefied biomass outlies the coal value of the O/C and H/C ratios. However, the ratios of H/C and O/C of the torrefied biomass are close to those for coal. For example, EFB pellets with UCO, T = 300 °C show that the O/C- and H/C-ratio values are very similar to anthracite coal, showing that this biomass has a good fuel quality.

Fuel quality decreases as the O/C and H/C ratios increase. A decrease in the O/C ratio was compared to the raw materials Cv and Lc in bio-solids formed at 200 °C and 225 °C, indicating some deoxygenation. However, no structural alterations were observed because the H/C ratio was equivalent to the feedstock. Thermal processes, such as bio-solid torrefaction, results in O/C and H/C ratios compared to peat, lignite, and anthracite coal, further demonstrating the impact of temperature on fuel quality ^[29]. A temperature-dependent decrease in the H/C ratio was also observed at co-torrefaction temperatures higher than 250 °C. This indicates that the carbonaceous structure is reorganized as more aromatic compounds are produced ^[62]. The lignocellulosic structure of the bio-solid undergoes an enhanced rearrangement under high-torrefaction conditions, altering the porosity of the material by eliminating OH-binding groups ^[63]. Compared to raw biomasses, bio-solids also have a higher energy content due to their lower moisture content ^[61]. The calorific value of co-torrefied biomasses depends on the oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon content present in the feed. The feed contains a significant amount of oxygen and a low carbon content, so its calorific value is low and vice versa ^[64]. The primary objective of pre-treatment is to improve the carbon content and reduce the oxygen level. Co-torrefaction is used to reduce the oxygen concentration of biomass, which directly affects the heating value of any fuel and presents a higher calorific value. As a result, it is challenging to convert biomass into liquid fuels with an improved heating value. Products can be produced from the biomass of high-oxygen or -hydrogen contents ^[65].

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