Volatile Species Evolved during Degradation

This topic has proven to be of great interest in particular for the applications of paper as insulation systems in power transformers. Most of the literature concerning this subject was published by Emsley and co-workers [3,15-26]. In particular, Emsley [3] carried out numerous studies for better understanding the thermal degradation of papers for power transformers. In nearly all industrial oil-filled transformers, Kraft paper tapes 

On the basis of these considerations, it is clear that furfural may be formed during the cellulose degradation at enough high temperatures however, it is also feasible that the furfural products of paper degradation arise from the hydrolytic degradation and 

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