Biomass waste pyrolysis in the context of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry: an overview

Abstract

The study detailed environmental issues associated with the use of fossil fuels, which would necessitate a shift to alternative energy in Nigeria. It outlined energy-related physicochemical parameters of phytomas and their pyrolytic products that make them preferred alternative energy sources using established standard methods and instrumental analysis procedures. The review identified methods of improving the utilisation of waste biomass and its pyrolytic product. Biomass pyrolysis between 350 and 550°C serves as waste conversion to wealth and as a reliable source of cheap energy generation, which brings about a drastic reduction in fossil fuel reliance. The study proffered low-cost solutions for energy generation and served as an eye opener to an assessment of biofuel using instruments (TG/DTG, XRD, Bomb Calorimeter, XRF, SEM, BET, FTIR, GC-MS, and ¹H NMR) for physicochemical properties related to stored chemical energy. It proposed a sustainable circular economy using biomass waste and tended towards a cleaner Nigerian physical environment.

KEYWORDS:

• Pyrolysis
• physicochemical properties
• biofuel
• biomass
• ultimate/proximate
• bio-oil

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.