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Pyrolysis Chemistry and Mechanisms: Interactions of Primary Components

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Production of Biofuels and Chemicals with Pyrolysis

Part of the book series: Biofuels and Biorefineries ((BIOBIO,volume 10))

Abstract

Global warming resulting from the use of fossil fuel has led to an urgent need to develop sustainable energy resources. Biomass pyrolysis allows conversion of biomass into valuable bio-oil, gas, and char products and at the same time through optimization of reaction conditions, allows the realization of comprehensive processing of biomass. As the component structure of natural biomass is very complicated, exploring the pyrolysis behavior of individual components is a fundamental method to understand biomass pyrolysis mechanisms. In this chapter, state-of-the-art component pyrolysis behavior and pyrolysis mechanisms are discussed in detail. Individual reaction mechanisms for cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, and their interactions are discussed in depth, as well as the effect of inorganic species, based on the formation mechanism of bio-oil, char and gaseous products. Research status of advanced methods of component pyrolysis is given. While there are challenges, such as detailed pyrolysis mechanisms, native component pyrolysis, interaction mechanisms, and advanced characterization methods, that are still needed. Pyrolysis technology has a bright future for creating valuable products economically from biomass.

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We express great appreciation of the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51876078, 51622604 and 51861130362), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018M640696 and 2019T120664), the technical support from Analytical and Testing Center in Huazhong University of Science and Technology (http://atc.hust.edu.cn).

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Chen, W., Chen, Y., Chen, H., Yang, H. (2020). Pyrolysis Chemistry and Mechanisms: Interactions of Primary Components. In: Fang, Z., Smith Jr, R.L., Xu, L. (eds) Production of Biofuels and Chemicals with Pyrolysis. Biofuels and Biorefineries, vol 10. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2732-6_4

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