Recovery of diesel-like fuel from waste palm oil by pyrolysis using a microwave heated bed of activated carbon

• Main Authors: Lam, S. S., Wan Mahari, W. A., Cheng, C. K., Omar, R., Chong, C. T., Chase, H. A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2016
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/71912/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84988442224&doi=10.1016%2fj.energy.2016.09.076&partnerID=40&md5=544540e7a5855938b87e18a18b779b60

Microwave pyrolysis using a well-mixed bed of activated carbon as both the microwave absorber and reaction bed was investigated for its potential to recover useful products from waste palm cooking oil – a cooking oil widely used in Asia. The carbon bed provided rapid heating (∼18 °C/min) and a local...