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Pilot-Plant Scale 12 kW Microwave Irradiation Reactor for Woody Biomass Pretreatment
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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 |S11| 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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- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E97-C No.10 pp.986-993
- Publication Date
- 2014/10/01
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- Online ISSN
- 1745-1353
- DOI
- 10.1587/transele.E97.C.986
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- Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Recent Progress in Microwave and Millimeter-wave Technologies)
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Naoki HASEGAWA
Kyoto University
Tomohiko MITANI
Kyoto University
Naoki SHINOHARA
Kyoto University
Masakazu DAIDAI
Japan Chemical Engineering & Machinery Co., Ltd.
Yoko KATSURA
Japan Chemical Engineering & Machinery Co., Ltd.
Hisayuki SEGO
Japan Chemical Engineering & Machinery Co., Ltd.
Takashi WATANABE
Kyoto University
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Naoki HASEGAWA, Tomohiko MITANI, Naoki SHINOHARA, Masakazu DAIDAI, Yoko KATSURA, Hisayuki SEGO, Takashi WATANABE, "Pilot-Plant Scale 12 kW Microwave Irradiation Reactor for Woody Biomass Pretreatment" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics,
vol. E97-C, no. 10, pp. 986-993, October 2014, doi: 10.1587/transele.E97.C.986.
Abstract: 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 |S11| 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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AU - Hisayuki SEGO
AU - Takashi WATANABE
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