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2. Fast pyrolysis process simulation2.1. Description of the developed model2.1.1. Computing toolBiofuels production is a promising process that can be facilitated by the use of simulation tools. Among, the various simulation tools, SuperPro Designer (SPD) software is a very useful simulator due to its large database of specific chemical compounds and unit operations. This database is valuable to facilitate the calculation of physical, chemical and biological processes [26]. The SPD has been a modeling tool already used for different integrated processes evaluation and optimization in a wide range of industries (Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Specialty Chemical, Biofuels, Food, Consumer Goods, etc.) [26] and [27]. The SPD was originally developed for optimization, project economic assessment, waste/pollution reduction and control as well as utility and work force management [26]. An economic evaluation of biological conversion of wheat straw to butanol using this software is presented by Qureshi et al. [27]. Recently, the SPD was used by Teghammar et al. to evaluate a process of biogas production [28]. In a similar investigation, Kwiatkowski et al. simulated the fermentation process for the ethanol production from corn dry-grind [29]. The present work is probably the first study proposed to focus on the energy recovery from palm oil residues through the fast pyrolysis process using the SPD software.
2.1.2. Process overview
The basic diagram developed for the simulation of the biomass fast pyrolysis process is based on the available data in the literature [30]. This diagram is shown in Fig. 1. The involved process can be represented by the schematic diagram shown in Fig. 2. This diagram represents a pilot plant of the simplified biomass fast pyrolysis process. The methodology employed for modeling and process details in SuperPro Designer along with the definitions of the investigated parameters is described below
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