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Fast Pyrolysis of Peanut Husk Agroindustrial Waste: Intensification of Anhydro Sugar (Levoglucosan) Production

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Peanut husks are agro-industrial waste and represent about 20 wt% of the peanut harvest. This waste product was subjected to fast pyrolysis in a pyroprobe reactor coupled with GC/MS at temperatures ranging from 350 to 600 °C to maximize levoglucosan production. Prior to pyrolysis, the biomass was washed with acetic acid (10 wt%) to remove the alkali and alkaline earth metals. Levoglucosan production from pretreated biomass increased for all the temperatures studied. However, the best result was observed at 550 °C. At this temperature, 35 wt% of produced levoglucosan was found in the volatile fraction, representing around a nine-fold increase in levoglucosan production compared to the untreated biomass. These results may be due to the removal of the alkali and alkaline earth metals or the morphological changes observed in the biomass via SEM. While the yields of undesirable compounds derived from lignin that interfere with levoglucosan purification and its applications (phenol, guaiacol, syringol and catechol) decreased as the pyrolysis temperature increased, the yields of other compounds (vanillin, eugenol, cresol, 4-methylcyclohexanone, furfural and acetaldehyde) increased. Our results confirm that pretreated peanut husks have great potential in levoglucosan production via fast pyrolysis.

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We are grateful to the following Brazilian agencies for financial support: Foundation Carlos Chagas Filho Research Support from the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ—Grant No.: E-26/202.457/2019 and E-26/202.688/2019), Coordination for the Improvement of Higher-Level Personnel-Brazil (CAPES Finance Code 001), The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq—Process no. 433235/2016-0), The Grants Program of the Estácio de Sá University for Research Productivity and Foundation Research Support from the State of Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG). We also thank Professor Lincoln Carlos Silva de Oliveira, from the Chemistry Institute at UFMS (Brazil), for his support in the thermogravimetric analysis.

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    Euripedes G. Silveira Junior, Nathalia R. F. da Silva, Victor Haber Perez & Geraldo F. David

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Silveira Junior, E.G., da Silva, N.R.F., Perez, V.H. et al. Fast Pyrolysis of Peanut Husk Agroindustrial Waste: Intensification of Anhydro Sugar (Levoglucosan) Production. Waste Biomass Valor 12, 5573–5585 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-021-01403-3

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