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Late News Poster Session: Biomaterials
Program Organizers: MS&T Administration, MS&T PCC

Tuesday 12:00 PM
October 19, 2021
Room: Exhibit Hall B
Location: Greater Columbus Convention Center

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Cancelled
P2-2: Effect of Copyrolysis on the Composition of Soursop (Annona Muricata) and Mango (Mangifera Indica) Seeds Bio-oil: Esther Ikhuoria¹; Joshua Onaifo¹; ¹University of Benin
    The prospect of copyrolysis of soursop seed (SS) and mango seed (MS) as a source of quality bio-oil was investigated using slow pyrolysis at 350 to 500oC. The bio-oil was produced by pyrolysing the biomasses at a heating rate of 5oCmin-1 and residence time of 60mins. The optimum bio-oil yields were found to be 36.48%, 20.54% and 26.16% for SS, MS and SS-MS respectively at 400oC. The GC-MS and FT-IR analysis showed that the bio-oils contains ethers, esters, carboxylic acids, hydrocarbons and phenolics. The results showed that the bio-oils were mostly composed of saturated fatty acids. The ether observed in SS and MS were suppressed in the copyrolysis, thus yielding SS-MS bio-oil rich in ester, hydrocarbons and phenolic compounds which could be a potential substitute for biodiesel, fossil-fuel based phenols for use in the production of resins, adhesives, fire resistant foams etc.

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