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In soil and the aqueous environment, water-soluble compounds (in the case of FPBO, sugar-type compounds, acids, aldehydes, ketones, pyrans and furans) are the most mobile components. Such components form ca. 50-55 % of FPBO in total, on basis of analyses of similar substances (Oasmaa et al. 2003; Oasmaa and Peacocke, 2010).

 

Volatile and therefore atmospherically mobile components of FPBO include volatile alcohols, acids and aldehydes such as methanol, phenol, cresol, formic, acetic and propionic acid, and formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and furfural. According to the information and experience of consortium members, the main components evaporating from FPBO are acetic acid and furfural, with minor amounts of other heterogenic aromatic and nonaromatic compounds of small molecular size present; volatilization is fast during the first few hours and then reduces significantly. Since FPBO can be assumed to contain no significant amounts of halogenated compounds, PAHs of small molecular weight (anthracenes, phenanthrenes, naphthalenes, fluorenes, fluoranthenes) are of most concern for longer-range transport.

 

REFERENCES

Oasmaa, A., Kuoppala, E., Solantausta, Y., 2003. Fast Pyrolysis of Forestry Residue. 2. Physicochemical Composition of Product Liquid. Energy & Fuels 17: 433-443.

Oasmaa, A., Peacocke, C., 2010. Properties and fuel use of biomass-derived fast pyrolysis liquids: A guide. VTT Publications 731, VTT. http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/publications/2010/P731.pdf 

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