Pyrolytic lignin: a promising biorefinery feedstock for the production of fuels and valuable chemicals

MB Figueirêdo, I Hita, PJ Deuss, RH Venderbosch… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignocellulosic biomass is a key feedstock for the sustainable production of biofuels,
biobased chemicals and performance materials. Biomass can be efficiently converted into …

Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass and polymer wastes

L Zhang, Z Bao, S Xia, Q Lu, KB Walters - Catalysts, 2018 - mdpi.com
Oil produced by the pyrolysis of biomass and co-pyrolysis of biomass with waste synthetic
polymers has significant potential as a substitute for fossil fuels. However, the relatively poor …

Challenges and opportunities for bio-oil refining: A review

AP Pinheiro Pires, J Arauzo, I Fonts, ME Domine… - Energy & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Bio-oil derived from fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic materials is among the most complex
and inexpensive raw oils that can be produced today. Although commercial or …

Top ten fundamental challenges of biomass pyrolysis for biofuels

MS Mettler, DG Vlachos, PJ Dauenhauer - Energy & Environmental …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Pyrolytic biofuels have technical advantages over conventional biological conversion
processes since the entire plant can be used as the feedstock (rather than only simple …

Pyrolysis of wood/biomass for bio-oil: a critical review

D Mohan, CU Pittman Jr, PH Steele - Energy & fuels, 2006 - ACS Publications
Fast pyrolysis utilizes biomass to produce a product that is used both as an energy source
and a feedstock for chemical production. Considerable efforts have been made to convert …

Overview of fuel properties of biomass fast pyrolysis oils

Q Lu, WZ Li, XF Zhu - Energy conversion and management, 2009 - Elsevier
Fast pyrolysis of biomass is one of the most promising technologies for converting biomass
to liquid fuels. As a result, this technology has gained extensive attention in the last two …

Understanding the fast pyrolysis of lignin

PR Patwardhan, RC Brown, BH Shanks - ChemSusChem, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In the present study, pyrolysis of corn stover lignin was investigated by using a micro‐
pyrolyzer coupled with a GC–MS/FID (FID= flame ionization detector). The system has …

Characterization of biochars produced from cornstovers for soil amendment

JW Lee, M Kidder, BR Evans, S Paik… - … science & technology, 2010 - ACS Publications
Through cation exchange capacity assay, nitrogen adsorption− desorption surface area
measurements, scanning electron microscopic imaging, infrared spectra and elemental …

Recent research progress on bio‐oil conversion into bio‐fuels and raw chemicals: a review

B Valle, A Remiro, N García‐Gómez… - Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in lignocellulosic biomass valorization for producing fuels and
commodities (olefins and BTX aromatics) are gathered in this paper, with a focus on the …

Product distribution from the fast pyrolysis of hemicellulose

PR Patwardhan, RC Brown, BH Shanks - ChemSusChem, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Hemicellulose is one of the major constituents of biomass. Surprisingly, only very limited
information regarding its product distribution under fast pyrolysis conditions is available in …