D. Radlein
University of Waterloo
13 Papers
323 Citations
D. Radlein is an academic researcher from University of Waterloo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pyrolysis & Cellulose. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 13 publications.
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Papers
On the mechanism of the rapid pyrolysis of cellulose
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the monomer unit of cellulose decomposes preferentially to a two-carbon and a four-carbon fragment, with the two carbon fragment rearranging to give a yield of glycolaldehyde which is 75% or more of that theoretically probable.
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Pretreatment of wood and cellulose for production of sugars by fast pyrolysis
TL;DR: In this paper, the results from fluidized bed fast pyrolysis are given for poplar wood and for a number of types of cellulose produced by different processes, and two major parallel pathways appear to account for the yields of major products.
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Fast pyrolysis of natural polysaccharides as a potential industrial process
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of pyrolysis in the regime of moderate temperatures and relatively short residence times is presented and compared with results from the scientific literature and the extent to which it is possible to alter and increase the specificity of product yields is examined.
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Flash pyrolysis of cellulose for production of anhydro-oligomers
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that it is possible to depolymerize a purified cellulose to produce anhydro-oligosaccharides containing small numbers of glucosidic units if suitable reaction conditions are chosen.
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Catalytic pyrogasification of biomass. Evaluation of modified nickel catalysts
TL;DR: In this article, a modified nickel−magnesium aluminate stoichiometric catalyst was used to give greater physical strength, and for the addition of potassium, as a promoter, which resulted in a minor loss in gasification activity and increased coke production.
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