IJFAC (Indonesian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Chemistry)
Vol 4, No 2 (2019): June 2019

Breakdown of Water-in-Oil Emulsion on Pyrolysis Bio-Oil

Muhammad Rizky Zen (University of Sriwijaya)
Susila Arita (Universitas Sriwijaya)
Leily Nurul Komariah (Universitas Sriwijaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Jun 2019

Abstract

The pyrolysis bio-oil which has been studied by many researchers has typically contained a high amount of water, around 20-30%. In this research, the effective bio-oil purification using chemical demulsification method has been studied to reduce the amount of water by breaking down the water-in-oil emulsion on pyrolysis bio-oil. A various dosage of chemical demulsifier (100 ppm, 150 ppm, 200 ppm, and 250 ppm) has been added into the pyrolysis bio-oil and the water separation over time also been observed. The temperature of bio-oil (30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 °C) was also studied as a factor that could have a significant effect on the demulsification process of pyrolysis bio-oil. After the injection of 250 ppm of demulsifier at 30 °C, the water separation reached a maximum of 72% in 60 minutes and could reduce the water content from 25% to 8.5%. At the temperature of 60oC and 250 ppm of demulsifier, the water separation reached a maximum of 96% in 35 minutes, and successfully reduced the water content from 25% to 1.3%. Finally, it has been concluded that this bio-crude purification using chemical demulsification method could be applied to effectively reduce the amount of water from pyrolysis bio-oil product.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJFAC

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemistry Environmental Science

Description

Indonesian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Chemistry (IJFAC) is an international research journal and invites contributions of original research articles as well as review articles in several areas of chemistry. The journal aims to publish refereed, high-quality research papers with significant ...