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dc.contributor.authorWang, Zhouhong
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Armando
dc.contributor.authorWesterhof, Roel
dc.contributor.authorKersten, Sascha
dc.contributor.authorCuba-Torres, Christian
dc.contributor.authorHa, Su
dc.contributor.authorPecha, Brennan
dc.contributor.authorGarcia-Perez, Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:32:50Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:32:50Z
dc.date.created2014-03-03T20:00:45Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationWang, Zhouhong and McDonald, Armando and Westerhof, Roel and Kersten, Sascha and Cuba-Torres, Christian and Ha, Su and Pecha, Brennan and Garcia-Perez, Manuel. 2013. Effect of cellulose crystallinity on the formation of a liquid intermediate and on product distribution during pyrolysis. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 100: pp. 56-66.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3635
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jaap.2012.11.017
dc.description.abstract

The effect of cellulose crystallinity on the formation of a liquid intermediate and on its thermal degradation was studied thermogravimetrically and by Py-GC/MS using a control cellulose (Avicel, crystallinity at 60.5%) and ball-milled Avicel (low cellulose crystallinity at 6.5%). The crystallinity of the materials studied was quantified by XRD and FTIR. Thermogravimetric analyses (TGA) show the samples with lower crystallinity start to degrade at lower temperatures, exhibiting sharper DTG curves and lower thermal degradation activation energies. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies of the solid residues formed in TGA tests showed that, while the conversion of the ball-milled cellulose (mostly amorphous cellulose)occurs through the formation of a liquid intermediate, in the conversion of the control the fibrous structure is conserved. Py-GC/MS studies showed major differences in the thermal behavior of the samples studied. At 300 degrees C, amorphous cellulose yielded more levoglucosan. At temperatures between 350 and 450 degrees C, higher yields of mono-anhydrosugars (levoglucosan and levoglucosenone) were obtained with the samples with higher crystallinity (control). The ball-milled cellulose produced more 5-(hydroxymethyl) furfural, 5-methylfurfural and furfural. The higher yields of these compounds are due to the acceleration of dehydration reactions when a liquid phase intermediate was formed. Fragmentation reactions responsible for the formation of light compounds (glycoaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl-vinyl-ketone and acetol)and the reactions responsible for the formation of cyclopentane do not seem to be affected by cellulose crystallinity and by the formation of a liquid intermediate.

dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectPyrolysis
dc.subjectTGA
dc.subjectDepolymerization
dc.subjectPy-GC/MS
dc.subjectCellulose crystallinity
dc.titleEffect of cellulose crystallinity on the formation of a liquid intermediate and on product distribution during pyrolysis
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume100
dcterms.source.startPage56
dcterms.source.endPage66
dcterms.source.issn0165-2370
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
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