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Bioresour Technol

Title:		Effects of water washing and torrefaction on the pyrolysis behavior and kinetics of rice husk through TGA and Py-GC/MS
Author(s):		Zhang S; Dong Q; Zhang L; Xiong Y;
Address:		"Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China. Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China. Electronic address: yqxiong@seu.edu.cn"
Journal Title:		Bioresour Technol
Year:		2016
Volume:		20150901
Issue:
Page Number:		352 - 361
DOI:		10.1016/j.biortech.2015.08.110
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-2976 (Electronic) 0960-8524 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The effects of water washing and torrefaction on the pyrolysis behavior and kinetics of rice husk were investigated through TGA and Py-GC/MS in this study. Two iso-conversional methods, i.e. Starink and FWO methods were applied for determination of the activation energy of original and pretreated rice husk samples at three different heating rates. It was found that activation energy of water washed rice husk was lower than that of original rice husk. Whereas, the activation energy increased with the increase of torrefaction temperature. The result of Py-GC/MS analysis indicated that both water washing and torrefaction pretreatments decreased the contents of acids, ketones, aldehydes and furans, while significantly increased the contents of sugars, especially levoglucosan. The relative content of released levoglucosan from pyrolysis of rice husk sample with combined water washing and 280 degrees C torrefaction pretreatment is almost 9 times of that from original rice husk, which is about 3%"
Keywords:		Biotechnology/methods Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/*methods Glucose/analogs & derivatives/analysis/chemistry Heating Industrial Waste Kinetics Oryza/*chemistry Temperature Thermogravimetry/*methods Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis/chemistry Was;
Notes:		"MedlineZhang, Shuping Dong, Qing Zhang, Li Xiong, Yuanquan eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2015/09/08 Bioresour Technol. 2016 Jan; 199:352-361. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.08.110. Epub 2015 Sep 1"