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Table 6 Chemical compositions of gases yielded by cedar pyrolysis at various pyrolysis temperatures

From: Characterization of Japanese cedar bio-oil produced using a bench-scale auger pyrolyzer

Pyrolysis with auger reactor (°C)

Gas composition (vol%)a

Area %

H2

CO

CH4

CO2

Analytical pyrolysis (°C)

CH4

450

0.89

43.44

1.27

54.40

450

1.9

500

1.98

45.36

7.74

44.92

500

8.4

550

4.30

47.79

13.03

34.88

550

16.4

  1. aBy calculation from gas analysis data