Microwave pyrolysis of peat: simulations and experimental results

Abstract

Development of the systems for research of effect of powerful microwave radiation on various chemical materials and bio- agricultural objects is carried out in collaboration between IAP RAS and Nizhegorodsky University. For investigation of the process of microwave pyrolysis the laboratory set-up based on a coaxial resonator and irradiated by 2.45 GHz industrial magnetron was constructed. The paper presents results of the thermodynamic and electromagnetic simulations of this system and results of experimental studies of the microwave pyrolysis of peat. Samples of gas, liquid, and solid phases were obtained and analyzed.