Oxygen Migration in Torrefaction of Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng. and Its Improvement on Fuel Properties

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• 作者：Zhennan Han ; Xi Zeng ; Changbin Yao ; Guangwen Xu
• 刊名：Energy & Fuels
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November 19, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：29
• 期：11
• 页码：7275-7283
• 全文大小：526K
• ISSN：1520-5029

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Torrefaction of Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng., a major invasive plant in southeast China, was investigated in a laboratory fixed bed at temperatures of 200鈥?25 掳C and residence time of 30 min for improving the properties of the biomass as fuel. During torrefaction, a large amount of oxygen was removed from biomass, which made the torrefied biomass more like coal. Oxygen in torrefaction products was characterized to study the quantity and approach of oxygen migration. In gas products, oxygen existed as CO₂ and CO, and in the liquid product, it existed in forms of H₂O and oxygen-containing compounds, such as acids, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, furans, guaiacols, phenols, and extracts. The oxygen in the solid product presented as oxygen-containing functional groups, of which the proportion of C鈥揙H and C鈥揙鈥揅 obviously decreased with the increase in the torrefaction temperature. At low temperatures (200鈥?50 掳C), oxygen in biomass was transferred to H₂O with traces of oxygen migrated to bio-oil. As the torrefaction temperature increased, a growing amount of oxygen in biomass migrated to bio-oil and gas but dehydration still dominated deoxidation. Carbon migration coupled with oxygen migration led to energy loss to decrease the energy yield of the torrefied product or the obtained fuel. From the perspective of deoxidation effectiveness and carbon loss during torrefaction, 250 掳C was suggested to be the optimal temperature for torrefaction of E. adenophorum Spreng.