Imperial College London
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DrMarcosMillan-Agorio

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Reader in Chemical Engineering
 
 
 
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Mrs Sarah Payne +44 (0)20 7594 5567

 
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@article{Yu:2017:10.1016/j.fuel.2016.11.057,
author = {Yu, J and Paterson, N and Blamey, J and Millan, M},
doi = {10.1016/j.fuel.2016.11.057},
journal = {Fuel},
pages = {140--149},
title = {Cellulose, xylan and lignin interactions during pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2016.11.057},
volume = {191},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The three primary lignocellulosic biomass components (cellulose, xylan and lignin), synthetic biomass samples (prepared by mixing the three primary components) and lignocellulosic biomass (oak, spruce and pine) were pyrolysed in a thermogravimetric analyser and a wire mesh reactor. Different reactivities were observed between the three biomass components. Cellulose mainly produced condensables and was less dependent on heating rate, while xylan and lignin contributed most char yields and were significantly affected by heating rate. While xylan and lignin pyrolysed over a large temperature range and showed the behaviour characteristic of solid fuels, cellulose decomposition is sharp in a narrow temperature range, a behaviour typical of linear polymers. Comparison of the pyrolysis behaviour of individual components with that of their synthetic mixtures showed that interactions between cellulose and the other two components take place, but no interaction was found between xylan and lignin. No obvious interaction occurred for synthetic mixtures and lignocellulosic biomass at 325 °C, before the beginning of cellulose pyrolysis, in slow and high heating rate. At higher pyrolysis temperatures, more char was obtained for synthetic mixtures containing cellulose compared to the estimated value based on the individual components and their proportions in the mixture. For lignocellulosic biomass, less char and more tar were obtained than predicted from the components, which may be associated with the morphology of samples. The porous structure of lignocellulosic biomass provided a release route for pyrolysis vapours.
AU  - Yu,J
AU  - Paterson,N
AU  - Blamey,J
AU  - Millan,M
DO  - 10.1016/j.fuel.2016.11.057
EP  - 149
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 0016-2361
SP  - 140
TI  - Cellulose, xylan and lignin interactions during pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass
T2  - Fuel
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2016.11.057
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000390432000014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236116311589
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/48930
VL  - 191
ER  -
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