Effects of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin on thermochemical conversion characteristics of the selected biomass
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The objective of this study was to investigate effects of biomass constituents (cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin) on biomass thermal decomposition and gas evolution profiles of four biomass materials. Switchgrass, wheat straw, eastern redcedar and dry distilled grains with solubles (DDGS) were selected as the biomass materials. No significant difference was observed in the weight loss profiles of switchgrass, wheat straw and eastern redcedar even though their cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin contents were considerably different. The weight loss kinetic parameters were also not significantly different except for activation energy of the eastern redcedar. However, biomass composition did significantly affect gas evolution profiles. The higher contents of cellulose and hemicellulose in switchgrass and wheat straw may have resulted in their higher CO and CO(2) concentrations as compared to eastern redcedar. On the other hand, higher lignin content in eastern redcedar may have resulted in significantly its high CH(4) concentration.
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Lignin has more carbon than cellulose and hemicellulose.
“The lignin that has more carbon than the other two polymeric constituents of biomass (Table 4) is thermally more stable and takes a larger share in the final solid product.”
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- Authors
- Pasangulapati, V., Ramachandriya, K. D., Kumar, A., Wilkins, M. R., Jones, C. L., & Huhnke, R. L.
- Affiliations
- Oklahoma State University (US)
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-06
- Volume
- 114
- Pages
- 663-669
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1964596848
- Cited by
- 385
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (EPS-0814361)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Thermal and Kinetic Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Keywords
- biomass composition, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, thermochemical conversion, thermal decomposition, gas evolution, weight loss kinetics, activation energy, switchgrass, wheat straw, Juniperus virginiana, distillers grains with solubles, carbon dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide
- MeSH terms
- Cellulose, Hot Temperature, Lignin, Methane, Polysaccharides, Biomass, Plant Components, Aerial
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