Experimental studies of furfural production from water hyacinth (Eichhornia Crassipes)

Furfural is a very promising product of lignocellulosic biomass-based biorefineries and has the potential to become a useful resource for further conversion and utilization. Aquatic plants show an enormous potential as feedstock since they do not compete for land use, and they require minimal water consumption in a biorefinery concept due to...

The impact of dry torrefaction on the fast pyrolysis behavior of ash wood and commercial Dutch mixed wood in a pyroprobe

In this study torrefied feedstocks, consisting of mixed wood and wood residues torrefied at 300 °C and ash wood torrefied at 250 and 265 °C, were pyrolyzed in a pyroprobe at five pyrolysis temperatures (600–1000 °C) and a fast heating rate (600 °C·s−1) to investigate the effect of torrefaction on the formation of volatiles and their evolution in...