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pyrolysis
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Pyrolysis is the process of heating material, like wood, to very high temperatures without oxygen, which breaks it down into different substances. It's an important step that happens before combustion (burning) and is used in various industrial applications to process materials.
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22,639 papers- Pyrolysis Oil Biorefinery.ReviewAdvances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2019Meier DDOI: 10.1007/10_2016_68
- Lignocellulosic biomass-based pyrolysis: A comprehensive review.ReviewChemosphere · 2022K N Y, T PD, P S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131824
- Pyrolysis of Torrefied Biomass.ReviewTrends in biotechnology · 2018Chen Z, Wang M, Jiang E et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.07.005
- Pyrolysis synergy of municipal solid waste (MSW): A review.ReviewBioresource technology · 2020Lee DJ, Lu JS, Chang JSDOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123912
- Catalytic pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass for bio-oil production: A review.ReviewChemosphere · 2022Wang Y, Akbarzadeh A, Chong L et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134181
- Co-pyrolysis of lignocellulosic and macroalgae biomasses for the production of biochar - A review.ReviewBioresource technology · 2020Fakayode OA, Aboagarib EAA, Zhou C et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122408
- Slow pyrolysis of municipal solid waste (MSW): A review.ReviewBioresource technology · 2020Lu JS, Chang Y, Poon CS et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123615
- A review on exploring pyrolysis potential of invasive aquatic plants.ReviewJournal of environmental management · 2024Palai SP, Sahoo BP, Senapati S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123017
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29 sectionsContents
- Applications
- Terminology
- Types
- History
- Wood distillation components
- General processes and mechanisms
- Safety challenges
- Occurrence and uses
- Clandestine chemistry
- Cooking
- Coke, carbon, charcoals, and chars
- Liquid and gaseous biofuels
- Methane pyrolysis for hydrogen
- Ethylene
- Semiconductors
- Waste management
- One-stepwise pyrolysis and two-stepwise pyrolysis for tobacco waste
- Thermal cleaning
- Fine chemical synthesis
- Other uses and occurrences
- PAHs generation
- Study tools
- Thermogravimetric analysis
- Macro-TGA
- Pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
- Machine learning
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Burning pieces of wood, showing various stages of pyrolysis, followed by oxidative combustion
Pyrolysis (; ) is a process involving the separation of covalent bonds in organic matter by thermal decomposition within an inert environment without oxygen.