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Results and Discussion 65<br />

7.4 Blank experiment<br />

During the experiments with the iron based catalysts it was obvious that at the temperature of 860⁰C<br />

the conversion of the tars was significantly higher compared to the other set points. Hence, a blank<br />

experiment was conducted in order to define the role of the thermal destruction in the tar decomposition.<br />

The thermal reduction is expected to be 10-20% (Nemanova,2011). The total tar thermocatalytic<br />

reduction in Figure 30 shows that the catalytic effect increases from 5% to 25% with the increasing<br />

of temperature. To determine the exact percentage of the thermal reduction, the blank<br />

experiment was realized in an empty catalytic reactor for temperature 800⁰C and space velocity<br />

6500 1/h, which is the reference point for this work. The total thermal conversion of tars was 12%. In<br />

Figure 36, the conversion of each compound is respectively presented. The tar compounds that<br />

faced reasonable conversion were o-xylol+styrol, phenol, o-kresol and m-kresol, which are also<br />

significantly converted with the present of the any catalyst.<br />

Conversion (%)<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

-10<br />

-20<br />

-30<br />

SV 6500 1/h- 800⁰C<br />

Toluene<br />

Figure 36: Conversion of tar in an empty catalytic reactor<br />

o-Xylol + Styrol<br />

Phenol<br />

Inden<br />

o-Kresol<br />

m-Kresol<br />

Naphthalene<br />

Biphenyl<br />

Fluoren<br />

Anthracen<br />

Fluoranthen<br />

Pyren

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