Volatile matter characterization of birch biochar produced under pressurized conditions

Babinszki, Bence and Czirok, István Sándor and Johnson, Robert and Sebestyén, Zoltán and Pekkerné Jakab, Emma and Wang, Liang and Turn, Scott and Skreiberg, Øyvind and Czégény, Zsuzsanna (2024) Volatile matter characterization of birch biochar produced under pressurized conditions. JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY. ISSN 1388-6150

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Abstract

The volatile matter (VM) content and composition of birch biochars produced at 320 °C under elevated pressure (0.1–11 MPa) and constant pressure or constant volume reactor conditions were characterized by thermogravimetry/mass spectrometry (TG/MS) and pyrolysis–gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py–GC/MS). Some of the thermal properties of the biochars and the composition of the VMs varied as a function of the maximal pressure applied during carbonization. The samples prepared at higher pressures released more volatiles up to 320 °C, while the maximal rate of thermal decomposition at around 440 °C showed decreasing tendency with the carbonization pressure. In terms of VM composition, the most apparent effect was the significant increase of the amounts of apoallobetulins from biochars prepared at elevated pressures, which were formed by dehydration, ring closure and rearrangement from the betulin content of birch. The change in the ratio of the evolved guaiacol and 4-methylguaiacol as well as that of syringol and 4-methylsyringol as a function of the maximal pressure of carbonization indicated a modification of the lignin decomposition mechanism.

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