Alex Ouensanga

TL;DR: The relation between botanical, chemical composition with both localization of fibers in the tree and type of tree and the rapid and preferential decomposition of banana fibers with increasing temperature of pyrolysis are shown.

TL;DR: In this paper, a retarding effect of lignin on the setting of bagasse composite was studied. But the results showed that for small amount of heat-treated bagasse (200 °C) the behaviour of the composite is closely the same as the classical cement or cellulose/cement composite.

TL;DR: The most important structure modifications appeared between 300 and 400 °C, and they are characterized by the decrease of intensities of C O and C C C bands and the formation of alkyl bands as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used thermogravimetric results on the thermal degradation of isolated components extracted from shells of tropical fruit stones and seeds to establish the dependence of the yield of char obtained by high-temperature pyrolysis (600-900 °C) of lignocellulosic raw materials on the content of components in precursors.

TL;DR: In this article, a new empirical formula, based on the surface fractal dimension, the porosity, the botanical composition and the ash content of the precursor, was proposed for the assessment of the char yield, Y (wt %) of lignocellulosic materials pyrolysed in a 600-900°C temperature range.