Journal
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Volume 4, Issue 10, Pages 4306-4321Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1ee01876k
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- Army Research Office [W911NF-08-1-0171]
- DOE Basic Energy Sciences [DE-FG02-88ER13878]
- National Science foundation (NSF) [CBET-1065810]
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [1065810] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The generation of primary aerosols from biomass hinders the production of biofuels by pyrolysis, intensifies the environmental impact of forest fires, and exacerbates the health implications associated with cigarette smoking. High speed photography is utilized to elucidate the ejection mechanism of aerosol particles from thermally decomposing cellulose at the timescale of milliseconds. Fluid modeling, based on first principles, and experimental measurement of the ejection phenomenon supports the proposed mechanism of interfacial gas bubble collapse forming a liquid jet which subsequently fragments to form ejected aerosol particles capable of transporting nonvolatile chemicals. Identification of the bubble-collapse/ejection mechanism of intermediate cellulose confirms the transportation of nonvolatile material to the gas phase and provides fundamental understanding for predicting the rate of aerosol generation.
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