2014年10月
Pilot-Plant Scale 12 kW Microwave Irradiation Reactor for Woody Biomass Pretreatment
IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS
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- 巻
- E97C
- 号
- 10
- 開始ページ
- 986
- 終了ページ
- 993
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1587/transele.E97.C.986
- 出版者・発行元
- IEICE-INST ELECTRONICS INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS ENG
A simple, low reflection, and highly-efficient pilot-plant scale microwave irradiation reactor for woody biomass pretreatment was fabricated. Pretreatment is an essential process for effective bioethanol production. The fabricated reactor consists of 8 microwave irradiators which are attached to a metal pipe. The woody biomass mixture which contains water and organic acid flows through the metal pipe and is heated by microwaves at a total power of 12 kW. To design the microwave irradiators, we used a 3D Finite Element Method (FEM) simulator, which was based on the measured complex permittivity data of the woody biomass mixture. The simulation results showed that the reflection coefficient vertical bar S-11 vertical bar from the reactor was less than 30 dB when the woody biomass mixture temperature was between 30 C and 90 C. Finally, we experimentally confirmed that the fabricated irradiation reactor yielded a microwave absorption efficiency of 79%.
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- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1587/transele.E97.C.986
- ISSN : 1745-1353
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000342732700011