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Radiant flash pyrolysis of biomass using a xenon flashtube
Author(s) -
Hopkins Mark Willard,
Antal Michael Jerry,
Kay Jack G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1984.070290622
Subject(s) - pyrolysis , biomass (ecology) , lignin , hardwood , materials science , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , botany , organic chemistry , agronomy , biology , engineering
Biomass materials, including lignin, redwood, corn cob, Calotropis Procera, Leucaena wood, Kraft paper, newsprint, cow manure, D ‐glucose, and D ‐cellobiose, were pyrolyzed in vacuum by the visible radiant flux emitted from a Xenon flashtube. The flux density exceeded 8 kW/cm 2 during the 1 ms flash. Sirup yields were low (avg 25%), while the gas yield was high (avg 32%). The gaseous products were composed primarily of CO and CO 2 . The high relative yields of CO establish the existence of a high temperature fragmentation pathway active during the flash pyrolysis of all biomass materials.