Production of light olefins and aromatics via catalytic co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastic

DT Sekyere, J Zhang, Y Chen, Y Huang, M Wang… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Co-pyrolysis of pine and LDPE over basic catalysts (calcium oxide, calcium aluminate, and
calcium ferrite), acidic catalysts (ZSM-5 with Si/Al ratios of 40, 80 and 200, commercial FCC …

Recent progress in quantum chemistry modeling on the pyrolysis mechanisms of lignocellulosic biomass

B Hu, B Zhang, W Xie, X Jiang, J Liu, Q Lu - Energy & Fuels, 2020 - ACS Publications
Pyrolysis of lignocellulose biomass to produce various fuels and chemicals has gained
increasing interest in recent decades. An in-depth understanding of the biomass pyrolysis …

Fast pyrolysis behaviors of biomass with high contents of ash and nitrogen using TG-FTIR and Py-GC/MS

Y Huang, DT Sekyere, J Zhang, Y Tian - Journal of Analytical and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to examine the effective exploitation of high ash and high nitrogen content biomass,
the fast pyrolysis behavior of mushroom bran (MB) and corn straw (CS) was studied utilizing …

Effect of torrefaction on properties of pellets produced from woody biomass

L Wang, L Riva, Ø Skreiberg, R Khalil, P Bartocci… - Energy & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Torrefaction has been recognized as a promising strategy to improve handling and storage
properties of wood-based pellets, thus producing a uniform-quality commodity with high …

A novel interaction mechanism in lignin pyrolysis: Phenolics-assisted hydrogen transfer for the decomposition of the β-O-4 linkage

Q Lu, W Xie, B Hu, J Liu, W Zhao, B Zhang… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis of lignin involves complex unimolecular decomposition and bimolecular interaction
mechanisms. Unimolecular decomposition of lignin model compounds has been widely …

Mechanism of acid-catalyzed pyrolysis of levoglucosan: Formation of anhydro-disaccharides

B He, Y Yu, X Gong, S Liu, H Tian, E Leng - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Levoglucosan is an important primary product in the pyrolysis of cellulose. Through density
functional theory DFT calculation, this work theoretically investigates the possible reactions …

A novel insight into the bimolecular concerted interaction in lignin pyrolysis: Tautomer-assisted hydrogen transfer mechanism

W Xie, B Hu, Y Xia, G Song, J Liu, Y Liu, Q Lu - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bimolecular concerted interaction mechanism plays a vital role in lignin pyrolysis. According
to the recently proposed hydroxyl-assisted hydrogen transfer (AHT) mechanism, the primary …

[HTML][HTML] Acetylation of cellulose–Another pathway of natural cellulose aging during library storage of books and papers

A Potthast, K Ahn, M Becker, T Eichinger, M Kostic… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gaseous acetic acid is formed under conditions of storage of historic paper objects. Its
presence not only promotes hydrolytic cleavage of cellulose, but also causes acetylation of …

[HTML][HTML] The mechanism for catalytic fast pyrolysis of levoglucosan, furfural and furan over HZSM-5: An experimental and theoretical investigation

A Osatiashtiani, J Zhang, SD Stefanidis, X Zhang… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we have investigated the complicated reaction network of biomass catalytic fast
pyrolysis, particularly the decomposition of the key cellulose pyrolysis intermediate …

Study on the staged and direct fast pyrolysis behavior of waste pine sawdust using high heating rate TG-FTIR and Py-GC/MS

J Zhang, DT Sekyere, N Niwamanya, Y Huang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To understand the fast pyrolysis kinetics and product evolution of waste pine sawdust, high
heating rate thermogravimetry-Fourier transform infrared (TG-FTIR) was used to obtain the …