Recovery of waste from the fruit and vegetable sector for the production of intermediate chemical products and biofuels

Abstract

In this thesis, the production of bioliquid obtained by fast pyrolysis of agroindustrial residues from fruit processing will be investigated, on a catalytic system composed of a material with a pyrochloro type structure (H₃O)SbTeO₆. The most relevant properties of the catalytic material for the process will be studied by XRD, FTIR and SEM. The characterization of the biomass will be carried out by thermogravimetric analysis (TG-DTG). The fast pyrolysis of pear pulp, quince peel and sweet potato fiber will be carried out at temperatures between 300 and 450 ºC in a fixed bed for 20 minutes, under a N₂ atmosphere and under vacuum conditions. The analysis of the obtained reaction products will be carried out in a gas chromatograph coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS).