Distribution of PCDD/Fs over the three product phases in wet sewage sludge pyrolysis

10.1016/j.jaap.2018.04.005

2018-04-10

Pyrolysis of wet sewage sludge was conducted using (1) conventional pyrolysis (CP) by electric heating and (2) microwave pyrolysis (MP) by microwave heating separately to obtain the emission characteristics of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofura...

Evolution of sulfur during fast pyrolysis of sulfonated Kraft lignin

10.1016/j.jaap.2018.04.006

2018-04-09

Sulfonated Kraft lignin, the most available commercial lignin of today, has high sulfur content due to the extraction and the subsequent sulfonation processes. In this work, the evolution of sulfur during fast pyrolysis of sulfonated Kraft lignin has been stu...

Study of the thermal behavior, kinetics, and product characterization of biomass and low-density polyethylene co-pyrolysis by thermogravimetric analysis and pyrolysis-GC/MS

10.1016/j.jaap.2018.04.001

2018-04-07

The present study aims to improve the yields and selectivity of aromatic hydrocarbons in the catalytic pyrolysis of biomass by the addition of low-density polyethylene (LDPE), which has a higher hydrogen-carbon ratio than biomass. We have investigated the the...

Ni-doped high silica HZSM-5 zeolite (Si/Al = 200) nanocatalyst for the selective production of olefins from methanol

10.1016/j.jaap.2018.04.003

2018-04-05

This study deals with the modification of high silica H-ZSM-5 zeolite by different transition metals (nickel, iridium and silver). The nanocatalysts were characterized by XRD, FE-SEM, FT-IR, NH3-TPD, Pyridine adsorption IR spectra (Py-IR) and N2 adsorption-de...

Coupling pyrolysis with mid-infrared spectroscopy (Py-MIRS) to fingerprint soil organic matter bulk chemistry

10.1016/j.jaap.2018.04.004

2018-04-04

A novel method coupling pyrolysis with mid-infrared spectroscopy (Py-MIRS) was developed to characterize soil organic matter (SOM) chemistry in soils. The pyrolyzer was interfaced to the MIR spectrometer by means of a Brill cell™ (CDS Analytica). The set-up g...

Forensic comparison of pyrograms using score-based likelihood ratios

10.1016/j.jaap.2018.03.024

2018-03-31

The comparative analysis of chromatographic profiles of materials is the subject of interest in many scientific fields, including forensic science. Plastic microtraces collected during hit-and-run accidents and examined with pyrolysis gas chromatography mass ...

Thermogravimetry and evolved gas analysis for the investigation of ligand-exchange reaction in thiol-functionalized gold nanoparticles

10.1016/j.jaap.2018.03.023

2018-03-30

The increasing use of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), especially in biomedical applications, requires strict chemico-physical characteristics achievable by organic functionalization via ligand – exchange process. Nowadays, one of the most common synthetic procedu...

Mechanism of Thermal Degradation of Aryl Bisphosphates and the Formation of Polyphosphates

10.1016/j.jaap.2018.03.022

2018-03-29

The thermal degradation of resorcinol bis(diphenyl phosphate) (RDP) and bisphenol A bis(diphenyl phosphate) (BDP) have been studied by 31P NMR, Q-TOF, and GPC at normal and extreme heating conditions. The thermal degradation begins with the elimination reacti...

Thermal decomposition of yttrium propionate: Film and powder

10.1016/j.jaap.2018.03.021

2018-03-27

The processes involved in the thermal decomposition of yttrium propionate in oxidizing and inert atmosphere were analyzed with thermoanalytical techniques (thermogravimetry and evolved gas analysis) and with the help of structural characterization (X-ray, dif...

A Novel Solar Powered Biomass Pyrolysis Reactor for Producing Fuels and Chemicals

10.1016/j.jaap.2018.03.020

2018-03-26

In this work, a novel pyrolysis reaction system based on a concentrated solar simulator was designed by using a modified 5 kW cinema projector along with supporting components, modeled, and tested for generating bio-based materials including fuels and chemica...