Abstract
The influence of the water content, the gasification atmosphere and the action of inorganic catalysts on biomass pyrolysis is discussed. The pyrolysis conditions are characterized by a heating rate of a wood sample of 250–300°C/s and a residence time of the gas in the hot zone of the reactor of less than 1 s. Volumes, carbon contents, weights and energy balances at different temperatures (600–1000°C) are tabulated. The total volume of pyrolysis gas and the yields increase with increasing temperature and water content. This increase is especially due to the production of hydrogen. A large part of the gasified hydrogen comes from water. Water that has not been driven off from green wood is more gasifiable than water that is re-added or from the atmosphere. Three types of catalysts were tested: alumina, aluminosilicate material and nickel-supported catalyst. The results show that it is possible to control the distribution of gas species by controlling the water content of the biomass and selecting the catalyst on which the wood is pyrolysed. A nickel catalyst on mordenite seems to be very efficient in directing pyrolysis gas production towards synthesis gas.
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