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-=Introduction=
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-Pyrolysis Oil is a product of anaerobic distillation of biomass. Upon heating of wood or other biomass in an air-tight chamber, the gases that are produced may be liquified by cooling. These gases condense to an oil - pyrolysis oil. This oil may be used as a dense fuel source - for applications such as heating and steam engines. It may be burned by a burner such as the [[Babington_Burner]]. As such, this is the lower-tech substitute for diesel fuel - though at present it cannot be substituted for diesel. Both [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Biomass_to_FuelFischer-Tropsch Synthesis] and pyrolisis oil are a way towards a biofuel future.
-=Student Projects=
-A great experiment that can be done in a semester is the construction of a simple distillation apparatus to test the procedure with wood chips or newspaper - and to measure the purity and composition of the resulting fuel.
-=More Information=
-[[Image:pyrolysisintro.jpg]]
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-[[Category:Research_Projects]]
-contact ose@openfarmtech.org for more information