生物質熱解通常是指在無氧或低氧環境下，生物質被加熱升溫引起分子分解產生焦炭、可冷凝液體和氣體產物的過程，是生物質能的一種重要利用形式。《生物質熱解(英文版)》由六部分構成，包括生物質組分及特性；纖維素的熱解；半纖維素熱解；木質素的熱解；交叉耦合熱解；生物質組分的催化裂解。

PrefaceAcknowledgement to financial support1 Biomass components and characterIstics1.1 Biomass components1.1.1 Composition analysis of biomass1.1.2 Distribution of biomass components1.2 Cellulose1.2.1 Structure of cellulose1.2.2 Characteristics of cellulose1.2.3 Isolation of cellulose and its model compounds1.3 Hemicellulose1.3.1 Structure of hemicellulose1.3.2 Characteristics of hemicellulose1.3.3 Isolation of hemicellulose and its model compounds1.4 Lignin1.4.1 Structure of lignin1.4.2 Characteristics of lignin1.4.3 Isolation of lignin and its model compounds1.5 Extractives1.6 Inorganic salts1.6.1 Composition of inorganic salts1.6.2 Removal of inorganic salts1.7 Water in biomass2 Pyrolysis of cellulose2.1 Fundamental process of cellulose pyrolysis2.1.1 Introduction to cellulose pyrolysis2.1.2 Pyrolysis of cellulose model compounds2.2 Effect of reaction parameters on the pyrolysis behavior of cellulose2.2.1 Effect of reaction temperature2.2.2 Effect of residence time2.2.3 Effect of acid pretreatment2.2.4 Effect of other reaction factors2.3 Pyrolysis kinetic models for celtulose pyrolysis2.3.1 One—step global reaction model2.3.2 Two—step reaction model2.3.3 lsoconversion methods2.3.4 Distributed activation energy model2.4 Active cellulose2.4.1 The collection and characterization of active cellulose2.4.2 Effects of different factors on the characteristics of active cellulose2.5 Mechanism of cellulose pyrolysis based on the formation of products2.5.1 Formation pathway of levoglucosan2.5.2 Formation pathway of 5—hydroxymethylfurfural2.5.3 Formation pathway of hydroxyacetaldehyde and hydroxyacetone2.5.4 Formation pathway of small molecular gases2.6 Mechanism of cellulose pyrolysis at molecular scale2.6.1 Simulation of pyrolysis of cellulose monomer2.6.2 Simulation of pyrolysis of cellobiose and cellotriose2.6.3 Simulation of pyrolysis of cellulose crystal with periodically repeated structure3 Pyrolysis of hemicellulose3.1 Fundamental process of hemicellutose pyrolysis3.1.1 Pyrolysis of hemicellulose—based monosaccharides3.1.2 Pyrolysis of xylan and glucomannan3.1.3 Pyrolysis of the isolated hemicellulose3.1.4 Comparison of the pyrotysis behaviors of hemicellulose—based monosaccharides and xylan3.2 Effect of reaction parameters on the pyrolysis behavior of hemicellulose3.2.1 Effect of reaction temperature3.2.2 Effect of residence time3.2.3 Effect of other reaction factors3.3 Mechanism of hemicellulose pyrolysis3.3.1 Pyrolysis kinetic model for hemicellulose pyrolysis3.3.2 Formation pathway of typical products from hemicellulose pyrolysis3.3.3 Mechanism of hemicellulose pyrolysis at molecular scale4 Pyrolysis of lignin4.1 Lignin pyrolysis process4.1.1 Fundamental process of lignin pyrolysis4.1.2 Pyrolysis of typical model compounds for lignin4.1.3 Pyrolysis of different lignin model compounds4.2 Effect of reaction parameters on the pyrolysis behavior of lignin4.2.1 Effect of reaction temperature4.2.2 Effect of residence time4.2.3 Effect of other reaction parameters4.3 Mechanism of lignin pyrolysis4.3.1 Pyrolysis kinetic model for lignin pyrolysis4.3.2 Lignin pyrolysis mechanism based on product distribution4.3.3 Mechanism of lignin pyrolysis at the molecular scale5 Cross coupling pyrolysis of biomass components5.1 Influence of component interaction on pyrotysis5.1.1 Effect of the ratio of hemicellulose to cellulose5.1.2 Effect of the ratio of cellulose to lignin5.1.3 Effect of the ratio of hemicellulose to lignin5.2 Coupled pyrolysis of components5.2.1 Pyrolysis behavior of a mixture of biomass components5.2.2 Influence of component proportions on the distribution of pyrolytic products5.3 Pyrolysis behaviors of detergent fibers5.3.1 Pyrolysis behaviors of different detergent fibers5.3.2 Distribution of pyrolytic products for different detergent fibers5.4 Influence of extractives on biomass pyrolysis5.4.1 Pyrolysis behaviors of biomass extractives5.4.2 Influence mechanism of extractives on biomass pyrolysis6 Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass components6.1 Influence ofinorganic salts on the pyrolysis of biomass components6.1.1 Influence ofinorganic salts on the kinetics of biomass components pyrolysis6.1.2 Influence of inorganic salts on the distribution of cellulose pyrolysis products6.2 Catalytic effect of zeolite catalysts on the pyrolysis of biomass components6.2.1 Classification and characteristics of zeolite catalysts6.2.2 Catalytic effect of microporous zeolite on the pyrolysis of biomass components6.2.3 Effect of mesoporous zeolites on the pyrolysis of biomass components6.3 Catalytic effect of metal oxide on the pyrolysis of biomass components6.3.1 Structural characteristics of metal oxide6.3.2 Catalytic effect of metal oxides on the pyrolysis of biomass components7 Pyrolysis of biomass7.1 Introduction to biomass pyrolysrs7.2 Pyrolysis of different biomass species7.2.1 Pyrotysis of forestry biomass7.2.2 Pyrolysis of agricultural biomass7.2.3 Pyrolysis of herbaceous biomass7.2.4 Pyrolysis of aquatic biomass7.2.5 Comparison of pyrotysis products from different biomass species7.3 Fast pyrolysis of biomass for bio—oil production7.3.1 Reaction process of biomass fast pyrolysis7.3.2 Effect of reaction parameters on biomass fast pyrolysis7.4 Bio—oil graded catalytic upgrading7.4.1 High—efficiency separation of bio—oil based on molecular distillation7.4.2 Upgrading of bio—oil fractions from molecular distillationAbbreviationsSelected PhD theses supervised by the authorsThe Authors’’ representative academic papers published in this fieldIndex