Comparison of Cellulose Pyrolysis in Molten NaOH, Ca (OH)₂ and Composite Alkali

Abstract:

With the rapid increase of social requirements on energy, as well as the increasing deterioration of the global environment, energy production becomes one of the most important future challenges for human society. In this context, biomass has become a renewable resource with high potential for energy production [1]. In recent years, the demand for and use of renewable energy has increased globally [. Bio-energy is regarded as one of the key options to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and substitute fossil fuels, especially obvious in Europe. Over the past 10-15 years, heat and electricity production from biomass increased with some 2% and 9% per year, respectively, biofuel production increased about eight-fold in the same period between 1990 and 2000. Biomass contributed some two-thirds of the total renewable energy production in the European Union (EU) (2000 PJ) or 4% of the total energy supply in 1999 [.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 852)
• Pages: 40-43
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.852.40
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Wu Long Yang, Hong Tao Jiang, Wei Hua, Ye Ru Wu, Feng Wen Yu, Deng Xiang Ji, Ning Ai, Jian Bing Ji
• Keywords: Cellulose, Molten Alkali, Pyrolysis

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