Authors : F. Nebili and F. Bouachir
Abstract: Our principal aim is to contribute to the durable development by the use of the local biomass and more particularly to the valorisation of the olive cake residue while realizing a raw material autonomy local, a clean, sparing process of atoms and an energy autonomy. Within this framework and considering the availability of the olive cake residue and the absence of its thermochemical valorisation (pyrolysis, gasification and combustion), we were interested in this research in the study of slow pyrolysis with 400-800�C of this biomass and its activation in only one stage in a continuous pipe still equipped with a quartz tube under a water vapour current. The characterizations of the activated carbons obtained are carried out by various techniques of analyses such as: FTIR, DSC, ATD-ATG, CHN, BET and NMR. The products obtained are characterized by porous volumes from 0.5-0.7 cm3 g-1, of average porosities from 15-20 A� and of surfaces specific from 300-900 m2 g-1. The increasing request of the activated carbons however, relates to the field of water and the environment.
F. Nebili and F. Bouachir , 2008. Valorisation of the Olive Cake Residue by Pyrolysis Under Water Vapour Current. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 3: 848-855.