• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2001

Rice husk flours were analyzed by chemical composition and thermogravimetric methods in nitrogen atmosphere to discuss its feasibility as a raw material for manufacturing agricultural lignocellulosic fiber-thermoplastic polymer composite. It was revealed in the chemical composition analysis that rice husk flour was composed of moisture, 5.0%; lignin, 21.6%; holocellulose, 60.8%; ash, 12.6%. In the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), thermal decomposition behavior of rice husk flour from room temperature to $350^{\circ}C$ was similar to that of wood flour, but rice husk flour was more thermally stable from 350 to $800^{\circ}C$ than wood flour because of higher silica content in the rice husk flour and smaller particle size of rice husk flour. The activation energy of thermal decomposition was evaluated using Flynn & Wall expression. As the thermal decomposition proceeded in rice husk flour, the activation energy of thermal decomposition appeared almost constant up to ${\alpha}=0.25$, but thereafter increased. Activation energy of thermal decomposition in wood flour, however, decreased steeply up to ${\alpha}=0.3$, but thereafter remained almost constant. From the results, rice husk flour was thought be a substitute for wood flour in manufacturing agricultural lignocellulosic fiber-thermoplastic polymer composite in the aspect of thermal decomposition.

• 한국펄프종이공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국펄프종이공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.222-228
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• 2008

The chemical composition and thermal, crystal characterization of oak mushroom waste were investigated in comparison with those normal oak wood for utilization of cellulose from oak mushroom waste. The oak mushroom waste contained a higher percentage of ash, and hot water extractives than oak wood. This results indicated that the materials inside the body are easily decomposed during the oak mushroom cultivation. The lower percentage of holocellulose and a-cellulose of oak mushroom waste caused by fungal decomposition too. Whereas, the thermal decomposition behavior and crystallinity of oak mushroom waste was similar to that of normal oak wood, which indicated that the cellulose characterization of oak mushroom waste is resistant to fungal decomposition. In additionally, a degree of polymerization of oak mushroom waste must be investigate for examination of cellulose crystalline characterization, especially.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2010

The present study was conducted to quantify wood and leaf litter decomposition and nutrient release of a dominant tree species, Tectona grandis Linn. F. in a tropical dry deciduous forest of Rajasthan, Western India. The mean relative decomposition rate was maximum in the wet summer and minimum during dry summer. Rainfall and its associated variables exhibited greater control over litter decomposition than temperature. The concentrations of N and P increased in decomposing litter with increasing retrieval days. Mass loss was negatively correlated with N and P concentrations. The monthly weight loss was significantly correlated (P < 0.05) with soil moisture and rainfall in both wood and leaf litter. Tectona grandis was found to be most suitable tree species for plantation programmes in dry tropical regions as it has high litter deposition and decomposition rates and thus it has advantages in degraded soil restoration and sustainable land management.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.486-497
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• 2019

The non-isothermal and isothermal pyrolysis properties of H lignin and P lignin extracted from different biorefinery processes (such as supercritical water hydrolysis and fast pyrolysis) were studied using thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) and pyrolyzer-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). The lignins were characterized by ultimate/proximate analysis, FT-IR and GPC. Based on the thermogravimetry (TG) and derivative thermogravimetry (DTG) curves, the thermal decomposition stages were obtained and the pyrolysis products were analyzed at each thermal decomposition stage of non-isothermal pyrolysis. The isothermal pyrolysis of lignins was also carried out at 400, 500, and $600^{\circ}C$ to investigate the pyrolysis product distribution at each temperature. In non-isothermal pyrolysis, P lignin recovered from a fast pyrolysis process started to decompose and produced pyrolysis products at a lower temperature than H lignin recovered from a supercritical water hydrolysis process. In isothermal pyrolysis, guaiacyl and syringyl type were the major pyrolysis products at every temperature, while the amounts of p-hydroxyphenyl type and aromatic hydrocarbons increased with the pyrolysis temperature.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.323-328
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• 2016

Thermal stability and rheological behaviors of Ricinodendron heudelotii wood were investigated. Thermogravimetric analysis conducted at a heating rate of $10^{\circ}C/min$ from 20 to $600^{\circ}C$ in a nitrogen atmosphere indicated that there was no variation in the decomposition of the onset and final temperature for all the polymers. The thermal behaviours were investigated at a temperature range from 130 to $0^{\circ}C$ at $3^{\circ}C/min$, multi-frequencies of 0.1-10 Hz using dynamic mechanical analysis. N-methyl-2-pyrolidone saturated specimens were tested while submerged under the same solvent. Polymers decomposition pattern during thermogravimetric analysis are similar in the radial position of the wood. The glass transition temperature (Tg) of R. heudelotii is $45{\pm}1^{\circ}C$ at 0.1 Hz. The Tg differs from the innerwood to outerwood. The Tg showed that N-methyl-2-pyrolidone saturated R. heudelotii would require low energy consumption during chemi-thermomechanical pulping.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.203-210
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• 2001

숲가꾸기사업 등의 산림사업에 의하여 발생하는 미이용 산림자원의 고부가가치로의 이용을 위하여 유효 세립 목질칩을 제조하여 목질칩의 특성, 분뇨처리 선능, 정화조 적용시험 및 제반 조건 탐색 및 제작을 시도하였다. 시판중인 일본산 삼나무칩으로 제조된 바이오클러스터는 공극율, 수분보유율, 투수계수가 우수하고, 열수추출물함량이 적고 셀룰로오스함량이 상대적으로 높게 나타났으며 해부학적 특성에서 방사단면 유연막공의 화학적 처리 흔적은 없으며 삼나무칩과 비교시 횡단면 가도관의 세포막이 얇고 공극이 상대적으로 큰 것으로 나타났다. 돈분뇨 정화용 적정 목질칩 크기는 10 (길이) ${\times}$ 5 (너비) ${\times}$ 2 (두께) mm이였으며 소나무 및 현사시외 전셀룰로오스함량이나 열수추출물함량이 바이오클러스터에 근접하였다. 처리과정에서 돈분뇨는 만재 (晩材)보다는 조재 (早材)의 세포내강에 충전되어 있으며 목질칩의 표면층에서는 세포막이 미생물 공격에 의하여 파괴된 흔적이 있었으나 장기간 사용이 가능한 것으로 추정되었다. 목질칩 종류별 돈분뇨 분해능에서 소나무 > 잣나무 > 삼나무 순으로 나타나 소나무 또는 잣나무 무처리 목질칩이 돈분뇨 분해용 정화조 사용에 적당한 것으로 판단되었다. 목질칩에 의한 돈분뇨 분해는 시간별로 일정하게 분해량을 유지 ($15{\sim}16$ g/시간/kg칩)하며 잣나무 1톤 칩 이용시 일일 돈분뇨 분해량은 390 kg (약 70두 분량)이였다. 목질칩에 의한 돈분뇨 장기처리시 40일간 처리 목질칩은 전질소함량이 안정화되었고 pH도 적정 수준이나 칼슘, 인, 칼륨, 나트륨 등이 초기 칩과 비교하여 $31{\sim}118$배 이상 축적되며, 처리칩은 흑갈색을 띄며 냄새가 없었다. 목질칩에 의한 돈분뇨 계절별 처리시 동절기에도 정화조 내부온도 $43^{\circ}C$ 이상을 유지하며 발효가 정상적으로 진행되나 분뇨의 점도 및 pH 상승으로 기포가 발생하므로 대형정화조 제작시 송풍 및 기포처리장치 필요를 확인하였다. 최적 목질칩과 돈분뇨 투입 비율은 $1:2{\sim}1:3$이며, 1:3비율이상에서 혐기화로 인한 암모니아가스 악취 발생, 시간당 3분 교반시 제일 양호한 분해능을 나타냈다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.278-286
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• 2007

As a part of enhancing the performance of wood-plastic composites (WPC), polypropylene (PP)/ nanoclay (NC)/ wood flour (WF) nanocomposites were prepared using melt blending and injection molding process to evaluate their thermal stability. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was employed to investigate thermal degradation kinetics of the nanocomposites both dynamic and isothermal conditions. Dynamic scans of the TGA showed an increased thermal stability of the nanocomposites at moderate wood flour concentrations (up to 20 phr, percentage based on hundred percent resin) while it decreased with the addition of 30 phr wood flour. The activation energy $(E_a)$ of thermal degradation of nanocomposites increased when nanoclay was added and the concentration of wood flour increased. Different equations were used to evaluate isothermal degradation kinetics using the rate of thermal degradation of the composites, expressed as weight loss (%) from their isothermal TGA curves. Degradation occurred at faster rate in the initial stages of about 60 min., and then proceeded in a gradual manner. However, nanocomposites with wood flour of 30 phr heated at $300^{\circ}C$ showed a drastic difference in their degradation behavior, and reached almost a complete decomposition after 40 min. of the isothermal heating. The degree of decomposition was greater at higher temperatures, and the residual weight of isothermal degradation of nanocomposites greatly varied from about 10 to 90%, depending on isothermal temperatures. The isothermal degradation of nanocomposites also increased their thermal stability with the addition of 1 phr nanoclay and of wood flour up to 20 phr. But, the degradation of PP100/NC1/MAPP3/WF30 nanocomposites with 30 phr wood flour occurs at a faster rate compared to those of the others, indicating a decrease in their thermal stability.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2002

This study investigated the thermogravimetric analysis of two types of cured tannin-based adhesives from wattle and pine, with three hardeners of paraformaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine and TN (tris(hydroxyl)nitromethan), at a temperature of 170℃ and a heating rate of 5, 10, 20 and 40℃/min for 10 minutes. The 5 minutes cured wattle tannin-based adhesive with each hardener at 170℃ was also tested to compare the degree of curing. It was found that thermogravimetric analysis could be used to measure the degree of curing of a thermosetting adhesive. The TG-DTG curves of all the adhesive systems were similar and showed three steps in a similar way to a phenolic resin. This means that each adhesive system is well cross-linked. However, a high thermal decomposition rate was shown at 150 to 400℃ in the case of the pine tannin sample with TN (tris(hydroxyl)nitromethan). The Flynn & Wall expression was used to evaluate the activation energy for thermal decomposition. As the level of conversion (𝛼) increased, the activation energy of each system increased. The activation energy of the wattle tannin-based adhesive with paraformaldehyde was higher than the others.

• Mycobiology
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.47-50
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• 2000

The capability of higher ascomyceteous fungi to cause typical soft-rot decay for wood under laboratory conditions is reviewed and discussed. Fungi tested were extremely active in the decomposition of timbers. Scanning electron micrographs illustrated typical soft-rot decay pattern of higher wood decay ascomycetes, with the exception of H. trugodes that caused white-rot decay. Most of the fungi tested could be grouped as soft-rot fungi that showed typical soft-rot type II. Hypha confined primarily to the resin canals in softwoods or vessel elements in hardwoods and spread tracheid to tracheid via pits of cell wall to cell wall with mechanical force.

• 임산에너지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.6-11
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• 2001

한지의 원료가 되는 닥섬유의 펄프화를 위해 인피부에 목질 분해균을 처리하여 인피섬유의 단섬유화를 위한 미생물의 분해특성과 처리시간별 인피섬유의 분리에 대하여 검토하였다. 판막버섯이나 구름버섯으로 20일간 처리시 중량감소율이 약 50%에 이르러 오히려 이용 가능한 섬유소의 분해도 함께 초래하는 것으로 추정할 수 있다. 그러나 꽃구름버섯이나 벽돌빛뿌리 버섯은 인피섬유의 제일 외피에 존재하는 흑청색 부분을 잘 본해시키고 섬유소 손상을 적게하는 특성을 가진 것으로 나타났다. 꽃구름버섯은 처리 10일째가지 78.9%의 셀룰로오스 함량을 유지하고, 리그닌은 7.2%를 나타내어 제일 양호한 분해 양상을 보였다. 현미경적 관찰의 결과에서는 느타리버섯의 경우 처리 30일부터 인피부의 섬유가 분리되어 단섬유화 되며, 50일간 장기간 처리하여도 섬유표면의 손상은 발견되지 않았다.