Investigating production of hydrocarbon rich bio-oil from grassy biomass using vacuum pyrolysis coupled with online deoxygenation of volatile products over metallic iron

Pyrolysis of biomass converts it to bio-oil, which contains high oxygen content, reactive nature, and poor heating value and hence require upgradation prior to its utilization as fuel. It is desirable to convert the oxygenated compounds of bio-oil into oxygen deficient compounds in the context of converting biomass to biofuel. In this work, we show the generation of hydrocarbon-rich bio-oil from grassy biomass (taking Napier grass as a model...