Effet catalytique de certains inorganiques sur la sélectivité des réactions de pyrolyse rapide de biomasses et de leurs constituants

The fast primary pyrolysis of cellulose, lignin, xylan and birch wood (natural, reconstituted, washed or not) impregnated by different types of catalysts (KCl, MgCl2, NiCl2 and ZnCl2) is experimentally studied in an image furnace. The effect of a catalyst addition differs according to the type of biopolymer. However, the decrease of the liquids and the increase of the char production rates are always observed (the effects are more or less stressed according to the nature of the catalyst). The composition of the gaseous phase is also modified with an increase of the H2 volume fraction. The nature and morphology of chars depend on the type of catalyst. The quantity and composition of the intermediate liquid compound formed during the pyrolysis of cellulose are also modified. It's difficult to establish linear laws describing the pyrolytic behavior of biomasses from the simple overlapping of the observations made with basic biopolymers, implying the need of a modelling study. The model is based on mass and energy balances written at the level of biomasses pellets subjected to a given heat flux density. The agreement with the experimental results is quite good but suffers from a bad knowledge of the physicochemical properties of the biomasses. It is anticipated that the model could give better results if the influence of the interactions between basic biopolymers within the natural biomasses could be estimated and taken into account. Some researches in these domains could be recommendedLa pyrolyse primaire rapide de cellulose, lignine, xylane et bois de bouleau (réel, reconstitué, lavé ou non) imprégnés par différents types de catalyseurs (KCl, MgCl2, NiCl2 et ZnCl2) est étudiée expérimentalement dans un four à image. De manière générale, l'effet résultant de l'ajout d'un catalyseur diffère selon le type de biopolymère. Il entraine cependant toujours la diminution de la vitesse de production des liquides et l'augmentation de celle des charbons (effets plus ou moins accentués selon la nature du catalyseur). La composition de phase gazeuse est également modifiée avec augmentation de la fraction volumique en H2. La nature et la morphologie des charbons dépendent également du type de catalyseur. Pour la cellulose, on montre que la quantité et la composition du composé intermédiaire liquide produit lors de la pyrolyse sont également modifiées. Des lois linéaires de comportement pyrolytique établies à partir de la simple superposition des observations faites avec les biopolymères pris isolément n'ont pu être établies avec précision, ce qui implique une phrase de modélisation. Le modèle repose sur l'écriture de bilans de matière et d'énergie au niveau des pastilles de biomasses soumises à une densité de flux de chaleur imposée. L'accord avec les résultats expérimentaux est satisfaisant mais souffre d'une mauvaise connaissance des propriétés physicThe aim of this work is to study sol-gel and isotropic-nematic phases transitions in suspensions of dioctahedral smectites depending on the morphology and mineralogical nature of clays. Although all the systems studied exhibit a sol-gel at low volume fraction, the liquid-crystalline isotropic-nematic transition could be identified only in the case of smectites with tetrahedral charge deficit. The effect of charge location on the colloidal behavior was determined using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and rheological measurements. The nature of electrostatic interactions in these suspensions is purely repulsive and rejects the idea of the so-called house of card network. However, smectites with a charge deficit located in the tetrahedron are more repulsive and their viscoelastic properties are lower than octahedrally substituted clays. It was also shown that the particle size dependence of the volume fraction corresponding to the sol-gel transition c was related to a simple statistical hydrodynamic trapping of clay platelets. Finally, the application of external fields (electric and magnetic) has resulted in the alignment of the nematic phase while in the isotropic phase, the electric field induces a perfect antinematic order. To preserve the induced alignment, these suspensions were polymerized under the field to obtain perfectly aligned and patterned nanocomposites.o-chimiques des biomasses. Les écarts proviennent également de la non prise en compte des interactions entre les biopolymères au sein des biomasses réelles. Des actions de recherche dans ces domaines pourraient être recommandée