Effect of fast pyrolysis conditions on biomass solid residues at high temperatures
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2015-12-03Author
Trubetskaya, Anna
Jensen, Peter Arendt
Jensen, Anker Degn
Garcia Llamas, Angel David
Umeki, Kentaro
Glarborg, Peter
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Trubetskaya, A., Jensen, P. A., Jensen, A. D., Garcia Llamas, A. D., Umeki, K., & Glarborg, P. (2016). Effect of fast pyrolysis conditions on biomass solid residues at high temperatures. Fuel Processing Technology, 143, 118-129. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.11.002
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Fast pyrolysis of wood and straw was conducted in a drop tube furnace (DTF) and compared with corresponding data from a wire mesh reactor (WMR) to study the influence of temperature (1000–1400)°C, biomass origin (pinewood, beechwood, wheat straw, alfalfa straw), and heating rate (103 °C/s, 104 °C/s) on the char yield and morphology. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), elemental analysis, and ash compositional analysis were applied to characterize the effect of operational conditions on the solid residues (char, soot) and gaseous products. The char yield from fast pyrolysis in the DTF setup was 3 to 7% (daf) points lower than in the WMR. During fast pyrolysis pinewood underwent drastic morphological transformations, whereas beechwood and straw samples retained the original porous structure of the parental fuel with slight melting on the surface. The particle size of Danish wheat straw char decreased in its half-width with respect to the parental fuel, whereas the alfalfa straw char particle size remained unaltered at higher temperatures. Soot particles in a range from 60 to 300 nm were obtained during fast pyrolysis. The soot yield from herbaceous fuels was lower than from wood samples, possibly due to differences in the content of lignin and resin acids.