Showing papers in "Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis in 2017"

TL;DR: In this paper, a review on parameters that influence the pyrolysis process, such as temperature, reaction time, heating rate, gas flow rate, feed rate, particle size and biomass composition, is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a two-stage pyrolysis-catalysis of high density polyethylene has been investigated, where a mesoporous catalyst was layered on top of a microporous catalyst with the aim of maximising the conversion of the waste plastic to gasoline range hydrocarbons.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effect of the addition of other biomasses (such as rice straw and sawdust) for co-pyrolysis with sewage sludge.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main objective of this work was to study aromatics production via the catalytic pyrolysis upgrading of biomass using metal-loaded modified H-ZSM-5.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a fixed reaction time of 30min to evaluate the energy properties of two types of agro-industrial wastes: olive tree trimmings and olive pulp.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of pyrolysis temperature on the chemical composition, functional group, pore structure and crystallographic structure of biochar from palm kernel shell (PKS) was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, a melamine-organophosphinic acid salt (MDOP) was synthesized via neutralization of dibenzo[c,e][1,2]oxaphosphic acid (DOPA) with melamine, and used as an additive-type flame retardant for epoxy resin (EP).

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel P/N/S-containing flame retardant DHBAZ was synthesized with 9, 10-Dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10oxide, p -hydroxybenzaldehyde and 2-aminothiazole, and used as a co-curing agent for epoxy resin (EP).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the use of sewage sludge as soil amendment and nitrogen fertilizer in a rural waste water treatment plant using thermochemical carbonization and showed that this material may be applied if both immediate and slow N release is needed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of proteins found in artistic and archaeological objects based on analytical pyrolysis was presented, in order to overcome limitations of wet chemical methods arising from the reduced solubility of aged proteins in samples of cultural heritage.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of exfoliated graphene nanoplatelets on the flame retardancy and thermal properties of hybrid kenaf flour graphene nano-nodes polypropylene nanocomposites was reported.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of time and temperature on a thermal step designed to segregate the lignin and cellulose pyrolysis products of a biomass which has been pre-torrefied to remove hemicellulose.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on the separation of chemical groups from the bio-oil water-extract via sequential organic solvent extractions, and determined the optimum process conditions for chemical extraction.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of particle size on gaseous products during pyrolysis was examined using TG-MS-FTIR, and the results detected by MS are in good consistency with those obtained from FTIR.

TL;DR: In this article, a thermogravimetric analyzer combined with a mass spectrometer (MS) was used to investigate waste tyre pyrolysis characteristic, and the functional groups at the surface of residue char were also characterized by a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometers.

TL;DR: In this paper, pyrolysis coupled with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (py-GC/MS) with an external catalytic reactor was used to perform ex situ catalytic co-pyrolyse of switchgrass and polyethylene (1:1 w:w) in the presence of HZSM-5.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of hierarchical porous HZSM-5 zeolites on improving the yield of aromatic hydrocarbons during catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) of waste cardboard (WCB) were investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the nanocrystalline tin oxide (SnO2) thin films were synthesized with varing precursor concentrations of the solution by spray pyrolysis technique for NO2 gas detection.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new characterization method and a multistep kinetic mechanism for describing the pyrolysis process of algae fuels is presented. But the method is limited to a limited number of representative reference species and the rough assumptions to reduce the complexity of the overall problem.

TL;DR: A series of 9, 10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10oxide (DOPO) based derivatives were synthesized and incorporated as flame retardant additives in rigid polyurethane foam (RPUF) as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effects of hydrothermal carbonization on nitrogen transformation behaviors, pyrolysis of sewage sludge and the corresponding hydrochar were conducted.

TL;DR: In this paper, a multi-step reactions kinetic model was established based on the thermogravimetric (TG) experiment coupled with Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer and combined with the NETZSCH Thermokinetics numerical tool to determine a comprehensive kinetic model.

TL;DR: In this paper, thermal catalytic and non-catalytic degradation of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) were carried out in a batch reactor at 450°C.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated pyrolysis and combustion of a Saudi Arabian heavy fuel oil (HFO) in nitrogen and in air, respectively, using non-isothermal thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) coupled with a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of pressure on pyrolysis and coking of EHF in the temperature range of 500-750°C was experimentally studied using electrically heated tube reactor under different pressures (0.7-6.0 MPa).

TL;DR: In this article, a 30min treatment at 215°C with a DOP/water weight ratio of 1/6 maximizes the energy yield (83%) of the HTC process.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of reaction tempreture on hydrochar and aqueous phase products were investigated by using pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (Py-GC/MS).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the synergistic effects observed during co-pyrolysis of cellulose and low density polyethylene (LDPE), two major components in municipal solid wastes, at milligram and gram-scales.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors showed that the activated carbon obtained from the hydrochar produced at 250°C for 6h, which adsorbed 8.80 m 2 /kg at 30°C and 14.8 bar at 50°C, showed a stronger affinity towards CO 2 compared to methane.

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed characterisation of pyrolysis products has been conducted in single particle experiments with spruce pellets at different temperatures, obtaining a good closure of the elemental mass balances.