Calculation of charring rate and char depth of spruce and pine wood from mass loss

2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 1105-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jozef Martinka ◽  
Peter Rantuch ◽  
Maroš Liner
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Pine Wood ◽  
Charring Rate

scholarly journals Heat Treatment of Pine Wood: Possible Effect of Impregnation with Silver Nanosuspension

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid R. Taghiyari ◽  
Siavash Bayani ◽  
Holger Militz ◽  
Antonios N. Papadopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
Treated Wood ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Potential Influence ◽  
Pine Wood ◽  
Hot Air ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
High Mass Loss ◽  
The Impact

The scope of the present work was to study the effects of heat treatment (at different mild temperatures) on the physicomechanical properties of pine wood, and to find out if impregnation with nanosilver may have any potential influence on the impact of heat treatment. Impregnation of wood with a 400-ppm silver nanosuspension was carried out under an initial vacuum pressure of 0.07 MPa, followed by a pressure of 0.25 MPa for thirty minutes, before heat treatment. Heat treatment was carried out under hot air at three relatively mild temperatures, 145, 165, and 185 °C. Results showed improvement of some properties in heat-treated wood at 145 °C. This was indicative of the improving impact caused by hornification and irreversible hydrogen bonding in the course of water movements due to heat treatment; significant fluctuations in the intensities of FTIR spectra bands at 1750–1500 cm−1 were corroborating evidence of chemical alterations in hemicellulose polymer. The high mass loss at temperature 185 °C, and the extreme thermal degradation thereof, overcame the improving effects of hornification and formation of irreversible hydrogen bonds, consequently mechanical properties decreased significantly. Interaction of different elements involved made it hard to predict properties in specimens modified at 165 °C. Impregnation of specimens with nanosilver suspension resulted in significant increase of mass loss in specimens heat-treated at 185 °C, and significant fluctuations in properties of specimens heat-treated at 145 °C.

scholarly journals Influence of Operating Conditions on the Thermal Behavior and Kinetics of Pine Wood Particles Using Thermogravimetric Analysis

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lelis Gonzaga Fraga ◽  
João Silva ◽  
Senhorinha Teixeira ◽  
Delfim Soares ◽  
Manuel Ferreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermogravimetric Analysis ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
Mass Loss Rate ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Pine Wood ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Stage

Although there are many studies available in literature about biomass pyrolysis or devolatilization using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), the effects of important operating parameters have infrequently been investigated for pine wood particle combustion. Consequently, the present study investigates the influence of particle size (63 µm to 1 mm), heating rate (5 to 243 °C/min), and air flow rate (10 to 150 mL/min) on the mass loss of pine wood using TGA. Additionally, the kinetic parameters considering the different conditions were determined to be incorporated in a numerical model. The effect of the heating rate on the thermal decomposition behavior has shown that the thermogravimetric and derivative thermogravimetric curves were shifted to higher temperatures with the increase in the heating rate. In this way, the heating rate affects the temperature at which the highest mass loss rate occurs as well as its value. Furthermore, comparing the higher and lower heating rate, the time to complete the combustion and the release are around 22 times higher when a higher heating rate is applied. On the other hand, the effects of four different air flow rates were compared and similar results were obtained. Regarding the kinetic analysis, it was verified at various heating and air flow rates with different particle sizes that the highest activation energy was mostly obtained during char combustion (~131–229 kJ/mol). Furthermore, in the second stage higher heating rates had the highest reactivity, and in the third stage there were not too many changes. In terms of the effect of air flow rates, a maximum variation of 15 kJ/mol was obtained in the third stage and, therefore, no significant effect on the reactivity for all particles was found.

scholarly journals CHANGES IN GROSS CALORIFIC VALUE OF THERMALLY TREATED SCOTS PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.) AND SESSILE OAK (QUERCUS PETRAEA L.) WOOD AND THEIR EXPLANATION USING FTIR SPECTROSCOPY

Wood Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-254
Author(s):  
Emília Orémusová ◽  
Eva Výbohová
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Sylvestris ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
Ftir Spectroscopy ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Quercus Petraea ◽  
Gross Calorific Value ◽  
Pine Wood ◽  
Oak Wood ◽  
Sessile Oak

Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Sessile oak (Quercus petraea L.) wood were thermally treated in an oven at the temperatures of 160°C, and 200°C under atmospheric pressure in the presence of air for 3 and 9 hrs. The mass loss and gross calorific value were determined. Non-treated wood samples achieved a gross calorific value of 22 193 J.g-1 for pine wood and 19 277 J.g-1 for oak wood. Whereas the calorific value of pine wood with increasing severity of treatment decreased, in the case of oak it increased. The mass loss increased with increasing treatment severity by both wood species. Mentioned differences in pine and oak wood behaviour using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy were explained. In the case of pine wood with increasing temperature and time of exposure a decrease of resin acids was observed. This may be contributed to decrease in GCV. In the case of oak wood, mainly at temperature of 200°C the degradation of hemicelluloses was observed that results in relative increasing in the lignin content with followed increase in the GCV.

scholarly journals Thermal Conversion of Pine Wood and Kinetic Analysis under Oxidative and Non-Oxidative Environments at Low Heating Rate

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Lelis Gonzaga Fraga ◽  
João Silva ◽  
Senhorinha Teixeira ◽  
Delfim Soares ◽  
Manuel Ferreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Decomposition ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
Kinetic Analysis ◽  
Mass Loss Rate ◽  
Thermal Conversion ◽  
Inert Atmosphere ◽  
Thermochemical Conversion ◽  
Pine Wood ◽  
Oxidative Atmosphere ◽  
Conversion Stage

Atmosphere is one of the most significant factors in the thermal decomposition of biomass. In domestic or industrial biomass boilers, ambient oxygen concentration varies through time, which means that the reaction will change from pyrolysis to combustion. In this way, to analyze and compare each thermochemical conversion process, a simple analytical method, the non-isothermal thermogravimetric analysis, is carried out under oxidative (air) and non-oxidative (argon) environments at 10 °C/min and as a function of different flow rates (2 to 150 mL/min). Additionally, this work was complemented by a kinetic analysis considering a first-order reaction to each conversion stage and using the Coats–Redfern method. The effect of the atmosphere on the thermal decomposition behavior was evident. It was observed that the thermal decomposition of pine wood particles varied from three to two stages when the oxidative or inert atmosphere was applied. The presence of oxygen changes the mass loss curve mainly at high temperature, around 350 °C, where char reacts with oxygen. The maximum mass loss rate from experiments with the oxidative atmosphere is 15% higher than in an inert atmosphere, the average char combustion rate is approximately 5 times higher and the heat released reaches levels 3.44 times higher than in an inert atmosphere. Ignition and combustion indexes were also defined, and results revealed that particles are ignited faster under oxidative atmosphere and that, on average, the combustion index is 1.7 times higher, which reinforces the more vigorous way that the samples are burned and how char is burned out faster in the experiments with air. Regarding the kinetics analysis, higher activation energies, and consequently, lower reactivity was obtained under the oxidative atmosphere for the second stage (~125 kJ/mol) and under the inert atmosphere for the third thermal conversion stage (~190 kJ/mol).

scholarly journals Аналіз термодеструкції компонентів стовбура сосни звичайної в умовах Північного Степу України

2018 ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
В. М. Ловинська ◽  
І. В. Рула
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Thermal Decomposition ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Mass Loss Rate ◽  
Oxidative Degradation ◽  
Main Process ◽  
Exothermic Effect ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Pine Wood

Проведено дослідження процесу термодеструкції деревини і кори сосни звичайної в умовах північного байрачного Степу України. Методами термогравіметричного (TG), диференційно-термограві­метрич-ного (DTG) та диференційно-термічний (DTA) аналізів в окислювальному середовищі зі швидкістю нагріву 10 °С/хв здійснено якісний і кількісний аналіз та встановлено стадії термічного розкладання досліджуваних структурних компонентів стовбура. Отримано класичні криві, що описують процес термічного розкладання основних компонентів біомаси. Визначено основні температурні інтервали (етапів) процесів термоокислювальної деструкції. Розраховано енергію активації як в усьому досліджуваному діапазоні температур, так і для кожного із визначених етапів. Thermal decomposition of wood and bark from such coniferous species as Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) within Northern Steppe of Ukraine has been studied using thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Thermal qualitative and quantitative analysis of wood and bark samples was carried out in an oxidizing (air) atmosphere under conditions of a programmable heating up to 620 °C at heating rate 10 °C/min. The stages of thermal decomposition, the temperature intervals, the mass loss, the mass loss rate, the temperature peaks were determined for investigated species. The kinetic thermal degradation parameters of wood and bark were obtained by the Broido method. Scots pine wood and bark was characterized from the data of activation energy analysis at various stages of thermal decomposition. It is shown that the thermal decomposition process of pine wood and bark biomass is characterized by the behavior of the three main components of lignocellulosic biomass: hemo-cellulose, cellulose, and lignin. Four temperature ranges is identified, which characterize the basic stages of thermal decomposition of samples. The main process of thermo-oxidative degradation of cellulose in the bark began at a temperature ~ 220 °С, while for the wood – at ~ 240 °С. Less exothermic effect is observed for the bark at lower temperatures. There are two peaks on differential thermogravimetric curves of Scots pine wood and bark. The first was at a maximum at 320 °C for wood and 300 °C for bark, the second is at 440 °C for bark and 490 °C for wood, which correlates with the burning of coal. It was established that the activation energy values, that corresponding to the destruction process of the Scots pine trunk phytomass components in the studied temperature range were almost unchanged for wood and bark. But each of the destruction stages is characterized by different activation energy, which is well demonstrated by the peaks of differential thermogravimetric curves.

Water accumulation as a function of temperature on specimens in an electron microscope cold stage

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 114-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.K. Lamvik ◽  
D.A. Kopf ◽  
S.D. Davilla ◽  
J.D. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
Liquid Helium ◽  
Liquid Nitrogen ◽  
Liquid Nitrogen Temperature ◽  
Liquid Helium Temperature ◽  
Helium Temperature ◽  
Cold Stage ◽  
Water Accumulation ◽  
Better Than

Last year we reported1 that there is a striking reduction in the rate of mass loss when a specimen is observed at liquid helium temperature. It is important to determine whether liquid helium temperature is significantly better than liquid nitrogen temperature. This requires a good understanding of mass loss effects in cold stages around 100K.

Electron Beam-Induced Mass Loss in Freeze-Dried Tissue and Protein Samples

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 470-471
Author(s):  
M.E. Cantino ◽  
M.K. Goddard ◽  
L.E. Wilkinson ◽  
D.E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Salivary Gland ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
Counting Rate ◽  
Dose Dependence ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Large Samples ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Muscle Homogenate ◽  
Large Muscle

Quantification in biological x-ray microanalysis depends on accurate evaluation of mass loss. Although several studies have addressed the problem of electron beam induced mass loss from organic samples (eg., 1,2). uncertainty persists as to the dose dependence, the extent of loss, the elemental constituents affected, and the variation in loss for different materials and tissues. in the work described here, we used x-ray counting rate changes to measure mass loss in albumin (used as a quantification standard), salivary gland, and muscle.In order to measure mass loss at low doses (10-4 coul/cm2 ) large samples were needed. While freeze-dried salivary gland sections of the required dimensions were available, muscle sections of this size were difficult to obtain. To simulate large muscle sections, frog or rat muscle homogenate was injected between formvar films which were then stretched over slot grids and freeze-dried. Albumin samples were prepared by a similar procedure. using a solution of bovine serum albumin in water. Samples were irradiated in the STEM mode of a JEOL 100C.

Elemental mass loss in silicate minerals during x-ray analysis

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 804-805
Author(s):  
P.E. Champness ◽  
R.W. Devenish
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Damage Mechanism ◽  
Beam Current ◽  
Single Chain ◽  
Plagioclase Feldspar ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Alkali Ions ◽  
Structural Order ◽  
Sheet Silicate

It has long been recognised that silicates can suffer extensive beam damage in electron-beam instruments. The predominant damage mechanism is radiolysis. For instance, damage in quartz, SiO2, results in loss of structural order without mass loss whereas feldspars (framework silicates containing Ca, Na, K) suffer loss of structural order with accompanying mass loss. In the latter case, the alkali ions, particularly Na, are found to migrate away from the area of the beam. The aim of the present study was to investigate the loss of various elements from the common silicate structures during electron irradiation at 100 kV over a range of current densities of 104 - 109 A m−2. (The current density is defined in terms of 50% of total current in the FWHM probe). The silicates so far ivestigated are:- olivine [(Mg, Fe)SiO4], a structure that has isolated Si-O tetrahedra, garnet [(Mg, Ca, Fe)3Al2Si3AO12 another silicate with isolated tetrahedra, pyroxene [-Ca(Mg, Fe)Si2O6 a single-chain silicate; mica [margarite, -Ca2Al4Si4Al4O2O(OH)4], a sheet silicate, and plagioclase feldspar [-NaCaAl3Si5O16]. Ion- thinned samples of each mineral were examined in a VG Microscopes UHV HB501 field- emission STEM. The beam current used was typically - 0.5 nA and the current density was varied by defocussing the electron probe. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectra were collected every 10 seconds for a total of 200 seconds using a Link Systems windowless detector. The thickness of the samples in the area of analysis was normally 50-150 nm.

A method for rearing Arhopalus ferus (Mulsant) (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) larvae on a modified artificial diet

2015 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 353-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. Barrington ◽  
D.P. Logan ◽  
P.G. Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Introduced Species ◽  
Artificial Diet ◽  
Larval Density ◽  
Pine Bark ◽  
Pine Wood ◽  
Rearing Method ◽  
Sawn Timber

Burnt pine longhorn (BPL) Arhopalus ferus (Mulsant) (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) is an introduced species sometimes found in association with export logs and sawn timber A rearing method was developed to produce larvae of a known age number and quality for control trials Growth of larvae from newly hatched to 5 weeks was measured on a standard cerambycid artificial diet and on modified diets Replacing pine wood with pine bark sawdust increased survival at 5 weeks from 23 to 76 and mean weight from 9 to 21 mg There were significant interactions between the influences of three factors (diet period of rearing initial larval density) on the weight of surviving larvae Individual rearing was preferred for convenience and a standardised method was used to rear 8740 larvae for disinfestation trials Establishment and survival to 6 weeks for these larvae was 97

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