To better understand the process mechanism, pyrolysis of palm oil wastes was investigated at differenttemperatures in a packed bed, with focus on the changing of chemical structure and physical characteristics ofsolid residues and gas-releasing properties. First, three palm oil wastes were pyrolyzed with temperatureincreasing from the ambient to 1000
C, and the main products from it were solid charcoal, liquid oil, andhydrogen-rich gas. The gas component mainly consisted of H
2, CO
2, CO, and CH
4 together with trace C
2H
4and C
2H
6. CO and CO
2 evolved out at lower temperature (<450
C), while H
2 released at higher temperature(600-700
C). Second, the decomposition property of biomass shell was analyzed at variable temperatures(300, 400, ..., 1000
C). The pyrolysis products were thoroughly identified using various approaches (includingmicro-GC, FTIR, GC-MS, ASAP2010, SEM, and CNHS/O analyzer) to understand the influence of temperatureon product properties and, thus, reaction mechanism involved. Starting from low temperature at 300
C, COand CO
2 evolved out easily because of the breaking of carbonyl and carboxyl functional groups, and thereleasing of CH
4 increased at the price of CH alkyl breaking and diminishing. Following that, at temperature> 400
C, aromatic rings broke gradually with a lot of H
2 evolving out. Meanwhile, a large amount of poresin the biomass sample were opened in the course of pyrolysis, and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surfacearea increased greatly. The maximum yield of oil was achieved at 500
C, and it is a mixture of acid, ether,phenol, etc. High temperature (>700
C) was favorable for the evolving of hydrogen-rich gases, while mediumtemperature (500-600
C) was recommendable for a higher generation of liquid oil and charcoal with a largeBET surface area and fine pore size.