| Liquefaction of Pulverized Ligneous Biomass Powder in Hot Compressed Water by Using Microwave Heating | ||
| Nobuhiko Okada1, Nobusuke Kobayashi2, Jun Kobayashi3, Guilin Piao4, Shigenobu Hatano2, Yoshinori Itaya2 and Shigekatsu Mori5, (1)Chemical Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku Furo-cho, Nagoya, Japan, (2)Chemical Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan, (3)Center for Cooperative Research in Advanced Science and Technology, Nagoya University, Furo-cho Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan, (4)Nagoya Urban Industries Promotion Corporation, Nagoya, 466-8603, Japan, (5)Center for Cooperative Research in Advanced Science and Technology, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan The liquefaction of ligneous biomass by a hot compressed water method was studied for the utilization of useful biomass components. The pulverized ligneous biomass powder, which diameter was around 10 to 20 micrometer, was used as the raw material for the liquefaction process. In previous paper, it was found that the reactivity and extractability of biomass components were dramatically increased with decreasing the particle diameter. In this study, microwave was used for the heating wood slurry instead of heater. The microwave heating system can be controlled the heating period and reaction period easily and can be expected the decomposition or extraction reaction by microwave itself. In this experiment, the effect of microwave on the generated was component with the generated component at various temperature and reaction period. As the results, total yield of the liquefaction material was not different, but the produced computer of the liquefaction material were different between those heating system. Extended Abstract Status: File Uploaded | ||