Characterization of the liquid products obtained from Tunisian waste fish fats using the pyrolysis process

摘要

The use of organic wastes as new renewable energy sources is becoming necessary to achieve the growing energy demand in Tunisia. In this work, the pyrolysis of abundant waste fish fats provided by a canned Tuna factory was examined in a laboratory fixed-bed reactor. The main objective was to analyze the properties and the composition of the produced bio-oil using in order to implement the suitable valorization strategy. Therefore, high heating value, viscosity, density, flash point, acidity index, moisture content and ash content measurements as well as FTIR and GCMS analyses were carried out to characterize the pyrolytic oil obtained during waste fish pyrolysis at 500 degrees C.