Destructive distillation of biomass

Abstract

Energy is considered as a basis for the progress and prosperity of nation’s economy. The limited supply of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions affects the environment which reinforced the importance of biomass as an energy source in developed and developing countries. People have led to increase interest in the conversion of biomass into usable products such as fuels. Of the various technologies, thermochemical processing particularly pyrolysis have been identified as process having significant potential for converting biomass into fuels. The features of pyrolysis processes, products and advanced technologies are overviewed in this paper for focusing on the prospects, constraints and necessities for successful implementation in future