Pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was performed on milled wood lignins (MWLs) and wood samples. Among the major pyrolysis products identified from loblolly pine lignin were guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol, 4-vinylguaiacol, vanillin, coniferal­ dehyde, and coniferyl alcohol. White oak lignin pyrolysis products also included guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol, and vanillin and addi­ tionally 2,6-...

This paper contains the description of pyrolysis and flow process through porous media taking into account kinetic rate coefficient and equilibrium state of pyrolysis. Mathematical equation of pyrolysis mechanism including kinetic rate coefficient and equilibrium rate of pyrolysis, and equations like mass, momentum and energy and flow through porous zone are presented. Considered model is based...

The presented study aims to improve the quality of bio-oils by catalytic upgrading of pyrolysis bio-oil from microwave pyrolysis of biomass using transition metal modified activated carbon (AC) catalyst. A central composite experimental design (CCD) was used to optimize the reaction conditions for high quality bio-oil production. The effects of reaction temperature and reaction time on product ...

This review presents the summary of new studies on pyrolysis of biomass to produce fuels and chemical feedstocks. A number of biomass species, varying from woody and herbaceous biomass to municipal solid waste, food processing residues and industrial wastes, were subjected to different pyrolysis conditions to obtain liquid, gas and solid products. The results of various biomass pyrolysis invest...

Fast pyrolysis is an efficient technique for thermal degradation of lignin to bio-oils containing bio-phenols for the synthesis of adhesives, resins, and polymers. Lignin has a complex structure, and hence a large number of pyrolytic components are generated during the pyrolysis process. The composition of the pyrolytic products depends on the type of lignin, temperature, types of catalyst, and...

The inherent nonlinearities in the kinetics and heat transfer models of biomass pyrolysis have led to the applications of various numerical methods in solving the nonlinear problems. However, in order to have physical insights into the phenomena and to show the direct relationships between the parameters of the models, analytical solutions are required. In this work, approximate analytical solu...

Co-pyrolysis of Shenmu coal (SM) and cotton stalk (CS) at different blend ratios were carried out in a tubular furnace. The pyrolysis temperature was up to 600 °C at 5 °C/min and kept for 15 min. The results indicated that there was an interactive effect between SM and CS, which increased the tar yield. Moreover, the content of light components in co-pyrolysis tar from all CS/SM blend ratios wa...

*Correspondence: Wei-Hsin Chen, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan e-mail: [email protected] Pyrolysis is an important thermochemical method to convert biomass into bio-oil. In this study, the pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse in a CO2 atmosphere under conventional and microwave-assisted heating is investigated to achieve CO2 utilizat...

Pyrolysis is an applicable method that has been widely used to recover hydrocarbons from Used Lubricating Oil (ULO). However, large-scale application of this approach has been limited by its noticeably energy and time consuming nature. In the present research, it has been attempted to modify the energy and time requirements of ULO pyrolysis using the catalytic effects of metal oxide nanoparticl...

This study was aimed to investigate the effect of mineral matter of Göynük oil shales (GOS) on pyrolysis and product evolution. Organic part was separated from mineral matter before pyrolysis in an isothermal pyrolysis reactor. In the demineralization step, carbonate, pyrite and silicates were removed from kerogen by using HCl, HNO3 and HF, respectively. Thereafter all samples were pyrolized in...