An insight into the oil prone precursors of fossil fuels for selection of an exine-rich, high hydrogen biomass, its pyrolysis, and product evaluation as fuel

This article presents the findings of a study involving selection of exine-rich, high hydrogen biomass, its pyrolysis, and product evaluation as fuel. With a scientifically grounded approach to selection of oil prone biomasses using the process of slow pyrolysis in a laboratory-scale set-up, the results obtained are encouraging: 10-17% bio oil, 38-50% char, 14-25% ammonical liquor, and 12-28% gas. The uniqueness of the work presented lies in the selection of biomass, which has high hydrogen content and is oil prone in nature. Interestingly, the liquid fuel obtained has a high calorific value, falling in the range of conventional fuel oil.