Research Article

Effect of Catalytic Pyrolysis Conditions Using Pulse Current Heating Method on Pyrolysis Products of Wood Biomass

Table 1

GC-MS semiquantitative analysis of pyrolysis oil components obtained from Japanese cedar wood meal/catalyst (1 : 1 w/w) mixtures pyrolyzed at 500°C.

Retention timePyrolysis oil Pyrolysis oil Pyrolysis oil Pyrolysis oil
Japanese cedar wood meal [10] Mixture with Fe3O4 Mixture with TiO2 Mixture with ZSM-5
(min)Area/I. S. areaArea/I. S. areaArea/I. S. areaArea/I. S. area

6.21  Benzene0.32 0.27
8.85  Toluene0.24 0.16
10.14  Furfural0.12 0.11 0.07 0.04
10.97  Ethynylbenzene0.03
11.25  Styrene0.18 0.13
12.48  Phenol0.73 0.64 0.28
13.62  o-Cresol0.29 0.30 0.14
13.74  1-Propynylbenzene
13.90  p-Cresol0.57 0.48 0.26
14.19  Guaiacol0.11 0.04
15.40  Catechol0.09 0.20 0.17 0.17
15.57  m-Cresol0.16 0.04
15.77  Naphthalene0.51 0.82 0.17
17.07  Methylnaphthalene0.18 0.19
17.45  Eugenol 0.04 0.07
17.95  Biphenyl0.06
18.00  Vanillin0.08 0.04
18.49  Isoeugenol0.12 0.05 0.04
18.89  Acenaphthylene0.12 0.30
20.22  o-Biphenylenemethane
21.84  Phenanthrene0.05 0.16
21.91  Anthracene
24.05  Pyrene
25.00  Internal standard (tetracosane)1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00