1. Fast liquefaction of bamboo shoot shell with liquid-phase microplasma assisted technology.
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Zhou, Rusen, Zhou, Renwu, Wang, Shuai, Lan, Zhou, Zhang, Xianhui, Yin, Yingwu, Tu, Song, Yang, Size, and Ye, Liyi
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BIOMASS liquefaction , *BAMBOO shoots , *MICROPLASMAS , *POLYETHYLENE glycol , *ETHYLENE glycol , *CATALYSTS - Abstract
In this study, liquid-phase microplasma technology (LPMPT) was employed to facilitate the liquefaction of bamboo shoot shell (BSS) in polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG 400) and ethylene glycol (EG) mixture. Effects of liquefaction conditions such as liquefaction time, catalyst percentage, solvent/BSS mass ratio, PEG/EG volume ratio on liquefaction were investigated experimentally. The results showed that the introduction of LPMPT significantly shortened the liquefaction time to 3 min without extra heating. The liquefaction yield reached 96.73% under the optimal conditions. The formation of massive reactive species and instantaneous heat accumulation both contributed to the rapid liquefaction of BSS. Thus, LPMPT could be considered as a simple and efficient method for the assistance of biomass fast liquefaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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