Abstract
Seven lignins from different sources were pyrolysed (i) isothermally in vacuum over the temperature range 300–1300 °C and (ii) at a constant heating rate of 30 °C min −1 and a pressure of 0.1 MPa over the temperature range 150–900 °C. The mass fraction of each product—char, tar and gas species—and the elemental composition of the char and the tar were determined for the flash pyrolysis experiments. The evolution rates of the gas species and the tar versus the dynamic temperature of pyrolysis were determined for the constant heating rate pyrolysis experiments. Although the amount of each product species varied from lignin to lignin, the evolution rates were insensitive to the lignin source and the extraction process. To model the data, modifications were made to a recently developed model of coal pyrolysis. The model proved to be successful in simulating both the data from vacuum flash pyrolysis and constant heating rate pyrolysis of Iotech lignin.
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