Properties of Char Produced from Pyrolysis of Southern Pine

Authors

  • T. J. Elder
  • T. A. Booker
  • B. E. Cutter

Keywords:

Pyrolysis, char, southern pine, material properties

Abstract

Bench scale pyrolyses were carried out on southern pine at conditions of 250, 350, 400, 500, and 800 C for 1, 2, and 4 hours in a flowing nitrogen atmosphere at flow rates of 135 and 405 milliliters per minute. Data presented in this paper represent work on the properties of the chars produced under these conditions. Results of oxygen bomb calorimetry, density and specific gravity measurements, carbon and hydrogen analyses, and gravimetric yields were statistically analyzed to determine the influence of process conditions on char properties. In general, char yield and percentage of hydrogen and oxygen decreased, while the carbon percentage increased with increasing temperature.

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2007-06-28

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Number 4 / October 1985

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