Conversion of nitrogen compounds and tars obtained from pre-composted pig manure pyrolysis, over nickel loaded brown coal char

When the prepared nickel-loaded brown coal char (LY-Ni) was added to the second part of the reactor (second stage) as a catalyst, most of the N-containing species in the volatiles converted into N2 gas. It suggests that LY-Ni has high catalytic activity for the conversion of N-containing compounds. Significant quantities of light fuel gases (H2, CO and CH4) were also generated. Compared with sand, 5.8 times (H2 and CO) the amount of gases was produced with the LY-Ni char at 650 °C. Decomposition of the manure volatiles depends on the catalyst temperature. Total product gases approximately doubled in yield when the catalyst temperature increased from 450 to 550 °C, and the volatiles conversion (based on carbon balance of the manure volatiles) increased from 72.4 wt% to 92.0 wt%. At 600-700 °C, the volatiles conversions stabilized at high levels of 96.7-98.2 wt%.