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As one of the ultimate renewable resources, forest products will inevitably become a major source of fuels and organic chemicals. Any technological process for converting biomass to fuels must involve the break-down of complex organic structures and stabilization of the decomposition products. The first step in conventional physicochemical routes to biomass gasification and/or liquefaction usually involves severe decomposition of the feed at temperatures above 600 °C (e.g. pyrolysis, partial oxidation, steam reforming). In pyrolysis, high temperatures are required to provide sufficiently rapid kinetics. However, under such conditions, an appreciable fraction of the feed is converted to char, which complicates materials handling and decreases yield of fluid fuels.
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Modell, M. (1985). Gasification and Liquefaction of Forest Products in Supercritical Water. In: Overend, R.P., Milne, T.A., Mudge, L.K. (eds) Fundamentals of Thermochemical Biomass Conversion. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4932-4_6
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