Pyrolysis Gases Produced by Fast and Slow Pyrolysis of Foliage Samples from 15 Plants Common to the Southeastern US Coastal Plain

A flat flame burner was used in conjunction with a radiant panel to perform fast pyrolysis of foliage samples from 15 common fuels from the southeastern United States. A pyrolyzer (kerogen retort) performed slow pyrolysis of the same 15 fuels. This data set contains the molar ratio of the light gases (CO, CO2, H2, CH4) and condensable pyrolysis products (tars) identified using gas chromatographs. Three replications of each pyrolysis experiment were performed. The data were collected in order to compare the composition of gases produced by traditional methods of pyrolysis (this data product) with gas composition produced by pyrolysis caused by heating from a wildland flame (Wind tunnel and Ft. Jackson canister and FTIR data products). The use of trade or firm names is for information and does not imply endorsement by the US Department of Agriculture of any product or service.

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Last Updated	September 18, 2024, 4:20 PM (UTC+00:00)
Created	September 18, 2024, 4:20 PM (UTC+00:00)
Source	https://wfsi-data.org/view/doi%3A10.60594/W4WC78
award	Fundamental measurements of modeling of prescribed fire behavior in the naturally heterogenous fuels of southern pine forests.
creators	David R. Weise, david.weise@usda.gov, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9671-7203 \| Thomas Fletcher, tom_fletcher@byu.edu, Brigham Young University, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9999-4492 \| Mohammad-Saeed Safdari, Brigham Young University, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2043-241X \| Elham Amini, Brigham Young University, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6618-600X \| Mark Dietenberger, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7986-1924 \| Frederick J. Matt, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
doi	doi:10.60594/W4WC78
funder	U. S. Department of Defense (DoD), Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100013316
maintainor	David R. Weise, david.weise@usda.gov
method	Intact plants in soil tubes were shipped overnight from nurseries to the Fletcher lab at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT to minimize moisture loss. Typically 3 or 4 species were shipped at a time.
project	Funding Award RC-2640: Fundamental measurements of modeling of prescribed fire behavior in the naturally heterogenous fuels of southern pine forests.
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temporal	{"endTime": "2019", "startTime": "2016"}