Carbon and char residue yields from rapid pyrolysis of kraft black liquor

The yields of char residue, fixed carbon, and inorganic carbonate were measured for oxidized black liquor char residues produced in a laboratory laminar entrained-flow reactor (LEFR) at heating rates of 4000-13,000 degrees C/s. The char residue yields at the end of devolatilization thus obtained decreased nearly linearly with temperature, from 75% at 700 degrees C to 58% at 1100 degrees C. There were explainable differences in the char residue …