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    Evolution of water-soluble and water-insoluble portions in the solid products from fast pyrolysis of amorphous cellulose

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    Liu, D.
    Yu, Yun
    Wu, Hongwei
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Liu, Dawei and Yu, Yun and Wu, Hongwei. 2013. Evolution of water-soluble and water-insoluble portions in the solid products from fast pyrolysis of amorphous cellulose. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 52 (36): pp. 12785-12793.
    Source Title
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
    DOI
    10.1021/ie401806y
    ISSN
    0888-5885
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43909
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The formation of water-soluble intermediates is an important phenomenon during cellulose pyrolysis. This study investigates the evolution of the water-soluble and water-insoluble portions in the solid products during the pyrolysis of an amorphous cellulose sample, which is known to generate substantial amounts of water-soluble intermediates at low temperatures (250 and 300 °C). The yield of the water-soluble portion initially increases to a maximum up to 30% (on a carbon basis), depending on the pyrolysis conditions used in this study. Further pyrolysis reactions lead to a decrease in the yield of the water-soluble portion. In contrast, the yield of the water-insoluble portion initially decreases rapidly as pyrolysis proceeds and then starts to level off. Such leveling-off behavior of the water-insoluble portion indicates that at least part of the water-soluble portion is converted into the water-insoluble portion through repolymerization. An increase in temperature promotes the formation of the water-soluble portion because of the rapid breakage of hydrogen bonds in the pyrolyzing cellulose. The formation of non-sugar structures is accompanied by the evolution of the water-soluble and water-insoluble portions during pyrolysis. At the same conversion level, a higher temperature also results in the formation of more non-sugar structures in the water-soluble portion but fewer non-sugar structures in the water-insoluble portion. Because of the structural changes in both the water-soluble and water-insoluble portions, the selectivities of high-DP anhydro-sugar oligomers in the water-soluble portion decrease as pyrolysis proceeds. Higher temperature promotes the formation of anhydro-sugar oligomers, but reduces the selectivities of low-DP anhydro-sugar oligomers.

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