Reactive Liftoff of Crystalline Cellulose Particles

Teixeira, Andrew R.; Krumm, Christoph; Vinter, Katherine P.; Paulsen, Alex D.; Zhu, Cheng; Maduskar, Saurabh; Joseph, Kristeen E.; Greco, Katharine; Stelatto, Michael; Davis, Eric; Vincent, Brendon; Hermann, Richard; Suszynski, Wieslaw; Schmidt, Lanny D.; Fan, Wei; Rothstein, Jonathan P.; Dauenhauer, Paul J.

doi:10.1038/srep11238

Title: Reactive Liftoff of Crystalline Cellulose Particles

Journal Article · Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep11238· OSTI ID:1370584

Teixeira, Andrew R. ^[1]; Krumm, Christoph ^[2]; Vinter, Katherine P. ^[2]; Paulsen, Alex D. ^[2]; Zhu, Cheng ^[2]; Maduskar, Saurabh ^[2]; Joseph, Kristeen E. ^[2]; Greco, Katharine ^[1]; Stelatto, Michael ^[1]; Davis, Eric ^[1]; Vincent, Brendon ^[1]; Hermann, Richard ^[3]; Suszynski, Wieslaw ^[3]; Schmidt, Lanny D. ^[3]; Fan, Wei ^[1]; Rothstein, Jonathan P. ^[1]; Dauenhauer, Paul J. ^[4]

Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States); Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States); Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)

Here, the condition of heat transfer to lignocellulosic biomass particles during thermal processing at high temperature (>400 °C) dramatically alters the yield and quality of renewable energy and fuels. In this work, crystalline cellulose particles were discovered to lift off heated surfaces by high speed photography similar to the Leidenfrost effect in hot, volatile liquids. Order of magnitude variation in heat transfer rates and cellulose particle lifetimes was observed as intermediate liquid cellulose droplets transitioned from low temperature wetting (500–600 °C) to fully de-wetted, skittering droplets on polished surfaces (>700 °C). Introduction of macroporosity to the heated surface was shown to completely inhibit the cellulose Leidenfrost effect, providing a tunable design parameter to control particle heat transfer rates in industrial biomass reactors.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI)

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

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OSTI ID:: 1370584

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 5, Issue 1; Related Information: CCEI partners with the University of Delaware (lead); Brookhaven National Laboratory; California Institute of Technology; Columbia University; University of Delaware; Lehigh University; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Minnesota; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; University of Pennsylvania; Princeton University; Rutgers University; ISSN 2045-2322

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