Pyrolysis-gc/ms analysis of fast growing wood macaranga species

R. R.Dirgarini J.N. Subagyono, Ying Qi, Alan L. Chaffee, Rudianto Amirta, Marc Marshall

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Abstract

Py-GC/MS analysis of six different species of fast growing Macaranga wood has been studied. Flash pyrolysis was conducted at different temperatures (250-850oC) under a flow of helium followed by GC/MS analysis of the products. The total pyrolysis yields of the six different species of Macaranga were mostly between 40 and 90% within the range of pyrolysis temperature applied. Pyrolysis of the woody biomass produced compounds which are mostly derived from thermal degradation or volatilization of lignin and cellulose/hemicellulose, the original major constituents of the biomass. The Py-GC/MS technique indicated that M. gigantea was the most potential species for biofuel production and the optimum pyrolysis temperature to produce high yields of bio-oil was 450oC.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)141-158
Number of pages18
JournalIndonesian Journal of Science & Technology
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Macaranga
  • Py-GC/MS
  • Wood

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