CHARACTERIZATION OF PRODUCTS GENERATED FROM THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION OF POULTRY LITTER WASTES
Poultry litter, waste generated by poultry farming, has its main destination the use in soil as fertilizer, although, the non-controlled use for this purpose can result in environmental impacts. Therefore, the thermochemical conversion of this waste can bring a solution to this problem, since its products can be converted into energy. In this work, the poultry litter wastes were pyrolyzed in a fixed bed reactor. A N2 atmosphere, a 1L.min-1 flow rate and a final temperature of 800°C were used. The solid fraction (char) was characterized by surface area analysis and calorific value. The results showed that the surface area calculated by BET (Brunauer–Emmett–Teller) isotherm was 151.58 m2.g-1 and the calorific value was 18.04±0.93 MJ.kg-1. The liquid (bio-oil) and gas (biogas) fractions were identified and quantified. Biogas presented high syngas (H2+CO) concentration (90.57%vol.) at 800°C temperature (30 minutes isotherm).