HA Shalageh1, EH Darouneh2 and SH Rezaee1
1Agro-Industry Company of Karoon, Khuzestan, Iran; Info@karuncane.com
2Department of Chemical Engineering, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran
The production of an octane booster from sugarcane bagasse was investigated. The process consists of seven stages. The first stage is to dry sugarcane bagasse until the moisture content is below 5%. The second stage is the continuous pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse at 500-600°C. The third stage is the separation of the different products through distillation. The fourth stage is the esterification of the gasoline range components with methanol and sulfuric acid. The fifth stage is to separate the products using an esterification reactor. The sixth stage is to produce compressed char from the char powder produced in the pyrolysis reactor. Finally, the seventh stage includes the collection of heavier components as anti-fungal additives. The results of the octane number measurement tests showed that adding 10% of the produced octane booster changes the octane number of the base gasoline from 78 to 96.