Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
11000613 Fuel Processing Technology 2018 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
Interactions between cellulose and lignin under catalytic pyrolysis condition were investigated to identify the impact of zeolite catalysts on products distributions. Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy (Py-GC/MS) were used to investigate cellulose-lignin interactions. The mixing ratio of cellulose and lignin was 1:1 and the pyrolysis temperature was 600 °C. The results showed that interactions did exist under both non-catalytic and catalytic pyrolysis condition. Decomposition of cellulose during catalytic co-pyrolysis was inhibited. For some research-focused products from cellulose, the interactions between cellulose and lignin under catalytic process all inhibited the formation of levoglucosan, but interactions under H-beta catalyst promoted the formation of furfural. Meanwhile, for lignin-derived products, the catalytic interactions all inhibited the formation of phenol and guaiacol with all the tested catalysts. This is opposite to the results from non-catalytic condition, where the cellulose-lignin interactions promoted the formation of phenol and guaiacol. A statistic method-correlation coefficient R was introduced to evaluate the interaction strength under different catalysts pyrolysis; strongest catalytic interaction was found when H-beta was used, followed by HZSM-5 and SAPO-34.
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