Spontaneous Aerosol Ejection: Origin of Inorganic Particles in Biomass Pyrolysis

Teixeira, Andrew R.; Gantt, Rachel; Joseph, Kristeen E.; Maduskar, Saurabh; Paulsen, Alex D.; Krumm, Christoph; Zhu, Cheng; Dauenhauer, Paul J.

doi:10.1002/cssc.201600112

Spontaneous Aerosol Ejection: Origin of Inorganic Particles in Biomass Pyrolysis

Journal Article · Fri Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · ChemSusChem

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201600112· OSTI ID:1865835

Teixeira, Andrew R. ^[1]; Gantt, Rachel ^[2]; Joseph, Kristeen E. ^[3]; Maduskar, Saurabh ^[3]; Paulsen, Alex D. ^[3]; Krumm, Christoph ^[3]; Zhu, Cheng ^[3]; Dauenhauer, Paul J. ^[3]

Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States); University of Minnesota
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States); Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

At high thermal flux and temperatures of approximately 500 °C, lignocellulosic biomass transforms to a reactive liquid intermediate before evaporating to condensable bio-oil for downstream upgrading to renewable fuels and chemicals. However, the existence of a fraction of nonvolatile compounds in condensed bio-oil diminishes the product quality and, in the case of inorganic materials, catalyzes undesirable aging reactions within bio-oil. In this study, ablative pyrolysis of crystalline cellulose was evaluated, with and without doped calcium, for the generation of inorganic-transporting aerosols by reactive boiling ejection from liquid intermediate cellulose. Further, aerosols were characterized by laser diffraction light scattering, inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy, and high-speed photography. Pyrolysis product fractionation revealed that approximately 3 % of the initial feed (both organic and inorganic) was transported to the gas phase as aerosols. Large bubble-to-aerosol size ratios and visualization of significant late-time ejections in the pyrolyzing cellulose suggest the formation of film bubbles in addition to the previously discovered jet formation mechanism.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-88ER13878

OSTI ID:: 1865835

Journal Information:: ChemSusChem, Journal Name: ChemSusChem Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 9; ISSN 1864-5631

Publisher:: ChemPubSoc EuropeCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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