A Review of Intermediate Pyrolysis as a Technology of Biomass Conversion for Coproduction of Biooil and Adsorption Biochar

Table 3

Comparison of fast and intermediate biooil, fossil diesel, and biodiesel fuels.

Property	Intermediate	Fast	Diesel	Biodiesel
Water (%)	1.7–15.3 [20, 39, 61, 104, 108, 109]	15–30 [107, 110–112]	0.05 [108, 113]	0.05 [108, 114–116]
Ash (%), dry basis	0.16–0.23 [20, 39, 108]	0.01–1.5 [99, 111]	<0.1 [108, 111]	<0.2 [108, 114, 115]
C (%), dry ash free	49–74 [18, 20, 27, 39, 104, 108, 109]	54–61 [98, 107, 110, 111]	85.6 [108, 110, 117]	78.86 [108, 115, 116]
S (%), dry ash free	0.1–3.3 [18, 27, 104, 108, 109]	0.03–0.3 [112, 118]	<0.8 [108, 110]	<0.74 [108, 114–116]
O (%), dry ash free	8.72–33 [18, 20, 39, 104, 108, 109]	35–40 [107, 110, 111]	1.01 [108, 117]	8.36–11 [115, 116, 119]
H (%), dry ash free	6.79–10.6 [18, 20, 27, 39, 61, 104, 108, 109]	5.5–7 [107, 110]	13.37 [108, 117]	11–13 [108, 115, 116]
N (%), dry ash free	0.1–5.8 [18, 20, 27, 39, 104, 108, 109]	0.4–2 [99, 112]	<0.1 [108, 117]	0.1 [108, 115, 116]
Density (g/cc), at 25^oC	0.95–1.082 [39, 104, 108]	1.14–1.2 [107, 110, 111, 120]	0.82 [108, 110]	0.88 [108, 115, 116]
Viscosity (cp), at 40^oC	2.82–98 [39, 104, 109]	15–100 [111, 112]	1.9–4.1 [108, 110, 113]	1.9–6 [108, 114–116]
HHV (MJ/kg)	22–40 [18, 20, 26, 27, 38, 39, 61, 104, 108, 109]	16–19 [98, 107, 110, 111]	45–47 [108, 110, 113]	35–40 [115, 116, 121]