Pyrolysis of the cane (Phragmites australis) and evaluation of the pyrolysis products

Cane in especially almost all the lakes in Western Anatolia grows (thousands of tons) naturally. Due to the abundance of rattan cane to be able to evaluate the products obtained at the end of the pyrolysis process is very economical and practical situation. In this study; It is aimed to determine the optimum conditions for the pyrolysis of the cane which is a cheap and abundant raw material and to evaluate pyrolysis products.For this purpose, cane was used obtained from Eber Lake located in the borders of Bolvadin county of Afyonkarahisar.Optimum pyrolysis conditions have been determined by examining the effects of changes in pyrolysis temperature and pyrolysis time.The evaluation of the obtained liquid and solid pyrolysis products has been investigated.Especially evaluability of solid carbon black production of tires has been investigated.For this purpose, Özerband Tire Factory, located in Afyonkarahisar, facilities were used.Tire samples were prepared with carbon black samples obtained as a result of the pyrolysis process at different temperatures and performance tests were made and compared with reference carbon blacks, used in the market and standards.At the same time, BET surface area analyzes of carbon black samples were made and compared again with reference carbon blacks.In addition, the fuel values of liquid products were also determined by calorimeter. It has been determined that the best surface area (about 370 m2/g) for carbon black samples,for tire production is 40 minutes at 500 oC.It was also found that the best result for evaluation studies in tire production was carbon black samples obtained at 450 oC pyrolysis temperature.In addition, it was seen that the calorimetry results of the liquid product obtained during 60 minutes of pyrolysis were quite good (around 5500 kcal / kg).