Tar compounds derived from the rapid pyrolysis of biomass hold promise as an alternative energy source. They can also be exploited as chemical and refinery feedstocks to generate hydrocarbons like gasoline, diesel, aromatics, and light gases. In order to design industrial crackers for the thermochemical conversion of biomass�derived tar compounds, a fundamental mechanistic understanding of the gas�phase degradation reactions, reliable reaction rate data, and accurate thermochemical properties of reaction species are needed. In this study we discuss the distribution of liquid products as a function of temperature from the gas-phase pyrolysis of eugenol, a model-fuel compound representative of entities found in biomass tar.

Experimental study of the gas-phase pyrolysis of eugenol, a biomass model-fuel compound

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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