Ganesan et al. (2025): Pyrolytic conversion of construction, renovation, and demolition (CRD) wood wastes in Québec to biochar: Production, characterization, and identifying relevant stability indices for carbon sequestration
Aravind Ganesan, Olivier Rezazgui, Simon Langlois, Cyrine Boussabbeh, Simon Barnabé IN: Science of The Total Environment, 965, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178650
There is a scarcity of comprehensively understanding construction, renovation, and demolition (CRD) wood pyrolysis and projecting the biochar product’s stability due to a lack of relevant studies and frequent inconsistencies amidst currently available methods. Nevertheless, in the present study, CRD wood is pyrolyzed in a horizontal tube furnace of two scales under laboratory conditions. Evaluation of biochar stability was carried out by the proximate and ultimate analysis, Van-Krevelen plots, TGA/DTG profile, R50 recalcitrance, SEM-EDX, and Raman ID/IG methods.