Design and operation of a carbonizer for cashew nutshell valorization in Burkina Faso
- Post by: Grupo GPT
- 23 October 2020
- Comments off
Start date
21/12/2016
End date
31/07/2017
Coordinator
Javier Ábrego
12.000 € Cooperation Chair, Univ. Zaragoza
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We developed a simple, scalable and reliable pyrolysis reactor to carbonize cashew nutshells. Good quality charcoal was obtained, and also the possibility of recovering cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL) and bio-oil was deemed as feasible.
This project was funded by the Cooperation Chair, University of Zaragoza.
Project results are summarized in these publications: