Abstract
Recently, pyrolysis has emerged as one of the important thermochemical technologies for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into bioenergy products such as liquid bio-oil, solid biochar, and pyrolytic gas. Based on the heating rate and residence time, such processes are categorized into slow and fast pyrolysis with the aspiration of maximizing the overall yield of bio-oil or biochar. This chapter provides a summary of recent studies of selective formation of different value-added products from the individual components of biomass. Then, the influence of different factors including temperature, heating time, and heating rate that affect the process of pyrolysis are discussed with an emphasis on the reaction mechanisms that are involved with slow and fast pyrolysis. Finally, several important topics involved with the production of bio-oil, biochar, and biogas are discussed to explain the potential of biomass into the formation of value-added products through the pyrolysis process.
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