TY - JOUR
T1 - Low temperature microwave-assisted vs conventional pyrolysis of various biomass feedstocks
AU - Shuttleworth, Peter
AU - Budarin, Vitaliy
AU - Gronnow, Mark
AU - Clark, James H.
AU - Luque, Rafael
PY - 2012/5/1
Y1 - 2012/5/1
N2 - A comparison between conventional pyrolysis and a novel developed low-temperature microwave-assisted pyrolysis methodology has been performed for the valorisation of a range of biomass feedstocks including waste residues. Microwave pyrolysis was found to efficiently deliver comparable evolution of bio-gases in the system as compared with conventional pyrolysis at significantly reduced temperatures (120-180°C vs 250-400°C). The gas obtained from microwave-assisted pyrolysis was found to contain CO 2, CH 4 and CO as major components as well as other related chemicals (e.g. acids, aldehydes, alkanes) which were obtained in different proportions depending on the selected feedstock.
AB - A comparison between conventional pyrolysis and a novel developed low-temperature microwave-assisted pyrolysis methodology has been performed for the valorisation of a range of biomass feedstocks including waste residues. Microwave pyrolysis was found to efficiently deliver comparable evolution of bio-gases in the system as compared with conventional pyrolysis at significantly reduced temperatures (120-180°C vs 250-400°C). The gas obtained from microwave-assisted pyrolysis was found to contain CO 2, CH 4 and CO as major components as well as other related chemicals (e.g. acids, aldehydes, alkanes) which were obtained in different proportions depending on the selected feedstock.
KW - biomass valorisation
KW - gas production
KW - microwave-assisted pyrolysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861901326&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60364-2
DO - 10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60364-2
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84861901326
VL - 21
SP - 270
EP - 274
JO - Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry
JF - Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry
SN - 1003-9953
IS - 3
ER -