Babassu (Orbignya phalerata Martius) is a native fruit of Brazil, widely found in its North and
Northeast regions and also in other countries component of the Amazon region such as
Bolivia, Colombia and Suriname. This fruit’s biomass contains a diversity of lignocellulosic,
starchy and oil-baring organic components with high potential for biofuel production. For
that, there has been seeking of technological routes for biomass reclaiming such as pyrolysis,
a promising technique able to generate bioproducts with remarkable energetic potential. The
present study reports on the preparation of the biomass and the production and
characterization of bio-oil from babassu, obtained by pyrolysis of different parts of the fruit.
The bioproduct presented characteristics such as solubility, acidity index, pH, density,
viscosity, corrosivity and higher calorific value in accord to basic standards of biofuels
production, which indicates the potential of this raw material.
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