• Carbonization of biomass in constant-volume reactors 

      Legarra, Maider; Morgan, Trevor; Turn, Scott; Wang, Liang; Skreiberg, Øyvind; Antal, Michael Jerry (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      A novel carbonization process that realizes near-theoretical fixed-carbon yields in ∼3 h is presented. Norwegian spruce and birch sawdusts were carbonized in a hermetically sealed reactor at an initial nitrogen pressure ...
    • Effect of processing conditions on the constant-volume carbonization of biomass 

      Legarra, Maider; Morgan, Trevor; Turn, Scott; Wang, Liang; Skreiberg, Øyvind; Antal, Michael Jerry (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The effects of processing conditions (closed versus open reactor, pressure, temperature, soaking time, biomass loading, heating rate, and fuel particle size) on product yields and char properties from constant-volume ...
    • Investigation of gasification reactivity and properties of biocarbon at high temperature in a mixture of CO/CO2 

      Wang, Liang; Skreiberg, Øyvind; Smith, Nicholas Albert; Jayakumari, Sethulakshmy; Rørvik, Stein; Jahrsengene, Gøril; Turn, Scott (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Understanding the conversion behaviors of biocarbon under conditions relevant to industrial conditions is important to ensure proper and efficient utilization of the biocarbon for a dedicated metallurgical process. The ...
    • Investigation of the properties and reactivity of biocarbons at high temperature in mixture of CO/CO2 

      Wang, Liang; Skreiberg, Øyvind; Smith, Nicholas Albert; Jayakumari, Sethulakshmy; Jahrsengene, Gøril; Rørvik, Stein; Turn, Scott (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The CO2 gasification reactivity of biocarbons produced from birch wood chips under different atmospheric and pressurised conditions was investigated in this work. The reactivity tests were conducted by using a Macro-TGA ...
    • Use of Plasticized Biochar Intermediate for Producing Biocarbons with Improved Mechanical Properties 

      Johnson, Robert L.; Castillo, Kyle; Castillo, Christian; Wang, Liang; Skreiberg, Øyvind; Turn, Scott (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Slow pyrolysis of woody materials under elevated pressure was previously shown to result in macroscopic morphology changes, appearing as a solid that had experienced a molten phase, described as "transient plastic phase ...