Preliminary Characterization of Woody and Non-Woody Biomass Samples based on Physicochemical, Structural Composition and Thermal Analyses for Improving Bio-Oil Yield Quality

BM is a renewable organic material obtained from plants and animals.The inability to characterize BM samples prior to the Py process reduces B-O yield quality.This study performed woody (IS and MB) and non-woody (CS and EG) BM samples preliminary characterization, to evaluate their energy potential in Py processing, for improving B-O yield quality.BM samples were sourced from Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria (latitude 8°08ʹ18.85ʺNand longitude 5°06ʹ9.36ʺE),and were subjected to Pc, structural compositional and thermal analyses.Results showed that all BM samples had good energy potential performance for B-O yield good quality.However, CS had the lowest AC (3.36%) and MC (0.4%), which are favorable properties that enhanced B-O yield quality.The highest AC (5.90%) recorded for EG shows that it had the lowest calorific value, which enabled the release of harmful substances into the reactor, during Py experimentation.