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Carbon isotopes in wood combustion/pyrolysis products: experimental and molecular simulation approaches

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|Jul 2019

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Fig. 1

Estimation of the experiment’s temperature range (experiments with artificial air). CO2 emission (A) at the temperature increase (B) in pine wood experiment.

Fig. 2

Estimation of the experiment’s temperature range (experiments with artificial air). Mass loss in the furnace experiments with modern wood.

Fig. 3

Carbon isotopic composition of combustion and low-temperature pyrolysis products from pine wood experiments.

Fig. 4

Carbon stable isotope composition of combustion products from experiments in burning chamber. W– wood; S0 – soot with no pre-treatment; S1 – soot pretreated by HCl; S2 – soot pretreated by HCl and HF; C– “charcoal”; A – “Acid”; CO2 – carbon dioxide.

Fig. 5

Carbon stable isotope composition of combustion products from furnace experiments. 1, 2 and 3 – general trends of isotopic composition changes for “charcoal”, “acids” and “bio-oil” fraction respectively.

Fig. 6

Carbon stable isotope composition of combustion products from “time relationship“ experiments. General trends for: 1. “Acids”; 2. “Bio-oils”.

Fig. 7

Comparison of cellulose and lignin decomposition and decomposition products evolution with temperature (1°C/ps) basing on molecular simulations.

“Variation factor” of wood burning products from furnace experiments with estimated 95% confidence intervals*_

Variation factor ΔC (‰)

Temperature experiment

Beech:„Charcoal”OilAcid
200°C0.16 ± 0.260.97 ± 0.29
300°C0.12 ± 0.250.77 ± 0.23–2.38 ± 0.35
400°C–0.54 ± 0.261.13 ± 0.333.12 ± 0.54
500°C–0.58 ± 0.260.08 ± 0.28–0.40 ± 0.27
600°C–0.91 ± 0.26 –1.30 ± 0.28

Pine:
200°C0.21 ± 0.18
300°C–0.07 ± 0.242.44 ± 0.28
350°C 2.30 ± 0.22
400°C–0.76 ± 0.191.81 ± 0.26
500°C–0.92 ± 0.271.29 ± 0.27
600°C–0.86 ± 0.211.27 ± 0.20

Oak:
200°C0.43 ± 0.36–0.32 ± 0.39
300°C0.61 ± 0.361.76 ± 0.37–0.16 ± 0.42
400°C0.19 ± 0.361.31 ± 0.31
500°C0.01 ± 0.35 1.48 ± 0.32
600°C0.06 ± 0.36 0.64 ± 0.37

Fossil oak:
200°C–0.16 ± 0.28–2.48 ± 0.220.40 ± 0.28
300°C–0.43 ± 0.282.73 ± 0.29–0.81 ± 1.73
400°C–0.93 ± 0.280.94 ± 0.56–0.23 ± 0.28
500°C–2.64 ± 0.29 –2.21 ± 0.28
600°C–3.88 ± 0.29
–2.22 ± 0.28
(after 60 minutes marked as t’) –1.14 ± 0.28 (after 120 minutes marked as t’’)

Differences in energies and entropy of reactants and products for reactions 3_2–3_5 (in kJ/mol and J/mol·K, respectively) for temperatures of 27°C (300 K) and 427°C (700 K) recalculated for one carbon atom, along with equilibrium constants_

reactiontemperature (°C)ΔEZPE*ΔEthermal**ΔGthermal***ΔS****K*****
270.029980.034270.06128–0.0803324.87
(3.2 – CO2)4270.029980.083850.072650.0142312.56
27–0.13872–0.08699–0.02306–0.21004–9.20
(3.3 – formaldehyde)427–0.13872–0.005770.01466–0.027612.52
27–0.10346–0.05799–0.00923–0.15648–3.69
(3.4 – glycoaldehyde)427–0.103460.006920.02142–0.017993.69
27–0.08424–0.06414–0.03097–0.39204–12.34
(3.5 – acetone)427–0.08424–0.02422–0.00730–0.52635–1.25

Basic data of wood samples_

WoodSampleLocalityCut dateCoordinatesGrowth (A.periodD.) aNb Mean (‰VPDB) δ13C
PineS2Siedlce2014, March52°10′00″N 22°16′30″E2013–200130 –26.5 ± 0.2
OakD1Ojców2014, October50°12′24″N 19°49′45″E2009–200130 –27.4 ± 0.3
BeechB1Błonie2014, November52°11′48″N 20°37′01″E2009–200130 –24.7 ± 0.2
Fossil oak

“Variation factor” of wood burning products from combustion chamber experiments with estimated 95% confidence intervals*_

Variation factor ΔC (‰)
BeechPinusOakFossil oak
S0 (no pretreatment)–0.50 ± 0.260.39 ± 0.280.80 ± 0.35–0.49 ± 0.21
S1 (pretreated with HCl)–0.44 ± 0.220.22 ± 0.280.58 ± 0.35–0.46 ± 0.21
S2 (pretreated with HCl and HF)–0.35 ± 0.250.45 ± 0.280.89 ± 0.36–0.42 ± 0.21
Charcoal–0.79 ± 0.26–1.54 ± 0.28–0.13 ± 0.36
Ash–2.53 ± 0.25–0.66 ± 0.280.14 ± 0.36–0.69± 0.23
CO2–0.21 ± 0.280.90 ± 0.381.05 ± 0.503.39 ± 0.21
Language: English
Page range: 111 - 124
Submitted on: Dec 5, 2018
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Accepted on: Apr 2, 2019
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Published on: Jul 19, 2019
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