Impact of Torrefaction on the Chemical Structure of Birch Wood

Tooran Khazraie Shoulaifar; Nikolai De Martini; Stefan Willför; Andrey Pranovich; Annika Smeds; Virtanen TAP; SL Maunu; F Verhoeff; Kiel JHA; Mikko Hupa

doi:10.1021/ef5004683

Impact of Torrefaction on the Chemical Structure of Birch Wood

Tooran Khazraie Shoulaifar
, Nikolai De Martini
, Stefan Willför
, Andrey Pranovich
, Annika Smeds
, Virtanen TAP
, SL Maunu
, F Verhoeff
, Kiel JHA
, Mikko Hupa

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Abstract

Torrefaction is the thermal pretreatment of biomass at temperatures of 200-300 degrees C in an inert atmosphere with the objectives of improving resistance to biodegradation, reducing hydrophilicity, improving grindability and increasing energy density. In this work, we studied the effect of torrefaction temperature (240-280 degrees C) on the chemistry of birch wood. The samples were from a pilot plant at ECN, and in that way, they were representative of industrially produced samples. We have measured the concentration of hemicellulose and cellulose; changes in the extractives content and composition; and in the lignin structure. We used acid methanolysis and acid hydrolysis for hemicellulose and cellulose analysis, respectively; Klason lignin method, C-13 CP-MAS NMR, Dipolar Dephasing NMR, and Py-GC-MS analysis for lignin characterization; and acetone extraction, HPSEC, GC-FID, and GC-MS analysis for extractives characterization. The results provide a more complete picture of the chemical changes in wood by torrefaction.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	3863–3872
Number of pages	10
Journal	Energy and Fuels
Volume	28
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ef5004683
Publication status	Published - 2014
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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