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Title: Status of Process Development for Pyrolysis of Biomass for Liquid Fuels and Chemicals Production.

Abstract

Pyrolysis is one of several thermochemical conversion strategies to produce useful fuels from biomass material . The goal of fast pyrolysis is to maximize liquid product yield. Fast pyrolysis is accomplished by the thermal treatment of the biomass in an air-free environment. Very short heat up and cool-down is a requirement for fast pyrolysis. The typical residence time in the pyrolysis reactor is 1 second. In order to accomplish the fast heatup, grinding the biomass to a small particle size in the range of 1 mm is typical and pre-drying of the biomass to less than 10 weight percent moisture is considered the standard. Recovery of the product liquid, called bio-oil, is accomplished by a variety of methods all of which require a quick quench of the product vapor. A definition of fast pyrolysis bio-oil is provided for the CAS # RN 1207435-39-9 recently issued by ChemAbstracts Services.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1000586
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-71983
BM0101010; TRN: US201101%%391
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
International Sustainable Energy Review, 4(2):56-57
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; BIOMASS; GRINDING; LIQUID FUELS; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRODUCTION; PYROLYSIS; biomass; pyrolysis; bio-oil

Citation Formats

Elliott, Douglas C. Status of Process Development for Pyrolysis of Biomass for Liquid Fuels and Chemicals Production.. United States: N. p., 2010. Web.
Elliott, Douglas C. Status of Process Development for Pyrolysis of Biomass for Liquid Fuels and Chemicals Production.. United States.
Elliott, Douglas C. 2010. "Status of Process Development for Pyrolysis of Biomass for Liquid Fuels and Chemicals Production.". United States.
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abstractNote = {Pyrolysis is one of several thermochemical conversion strategies to produce useful fuels from biomass material . The goal of fast pyrolysis is to maximize liquid product yield. Fast pyrolysis is accomplished by the thermal treatment of the biomass in an air-free environment. Very short heat up and cool-down is a requirement for fast pyrolysis. The typical residence time in the pyrolysis reactor is 1 second. In order to accomplish the fast heatup, grinding the biomass to a small particle size in the range of 1 mm is typical and pre-drying of the biomass to less than 10 weight percent moisture is considered the standard. Recovery of the product liquid, called bio-oil, is accomplished by a variety of methods all of which require a quick quench of the product vapor. A definition of fast pyrolysis bio-oil is provided for the CAS # RN 1207435-39-9 recently issued by ChemAbstracts Services.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1000586}, journal = {International Sustainable Energy Review, 4(2):56-57},
number = 2,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
}