Background:
Pyrolysis experiments are conducted in high temperatures which can only be achieved in muffle furnaces. But heating elements in muffle furnaces are exposed to the internal atmosphere which in the case of pyrolysis is the organic vapour generated during pyrolysis. The organic vapours are deposited overheating elements which in long turn spoils the elements. Therefore, pyrolysis is needed to be conducted in specialized furnaces. Further, the vapour is required to evacuate immediately for higher recovery of bio-oil. The condenser unit therefore also should be customized to handle tar and other solid deposits:
Technology Details:
The reactor unit attached in this unit is made of stainless steel and indirectly heated by kanthal wire heating element and does not come in direct contact with pyrolysis vapour. Uniform heating is maintained inside the reactor. The condenser unit is also made of stainless steel with a tube-shell arrangement which can easily be dismantled and cleaned in case of excess tar deposition.