scholarly journals DTA Evaluation of Spruce Wood Degradation Process

Author(s):  
Ivan Hrušovský ◽  
Peter Rantuch ◽  
Jozef Martinka ◽  
Simona Dzíbelová

Abstract The decomposition stages of spruce wood sawdust were analyzed by means of sequential differential calorimetry. Two stages of decomposition were identified and activation energy of one stage was calculated using the Kissinger method. The DTA was conducted by means of SEDEX safety calorimeter. Sample was analyzed under three heating rates of 10, 20 and 45 °C/h in temperature range from room temperature to 400 °C. The calculated activation energy for the last and most clear decomposition peak was 122.63 KJ/mol. The results are comparable with the data calculated by J.V. Rissanen et al., who calculated activation energy for Spruce hemicellulose as 120 KJ/mol.

Author(s):  
Omar Salim Al-Ayed ◽  
Mohammad Waleed Amer ◽  
Sura Al-Harahshah ◽  
Birgit Maaten ◽  
Muhammad Sajjad Ahmed

Abstract Thermal degradations of biomass corn leaves were studied for kinetic modeling. Thermogravimetric-differential analyzer runs at 5, 10, 20, and 30 °C min−1 heating rates were employed. Apparent activation energy and frequency factor values were calculated for first-order kinetics using several procedures. The procedure of Coats and Redfern showed 28.89 to 31.78 kJ mol−1 apparent activation energy and 15.5 to 157.12 min−1 frequency factor, respectively. Calculation of the apparent activation energy and frequency factor using Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose procedure gave 229.9–364.2 kJ/mol and 8.567 × 1023 and 1.13 × 1031 (min−1), respectively as the conversion increased from 0.1 to 0.9. The newly introduced excel solver procedure indicates a distribution activation energy over the entire range of conversion. For first-order reaction kinetics, the calculated apparent activation energy magnitudes ranged between 5.0 kJ mol−1 with frequency factor equals to 0.239 and 196.2 kJ mol−1 with frequency factor 2.89 × 1012 in the studied range. The low or high magnitudes of the calculated activation energy are not associated with a particular value of the conversion. The calculated apparent activation energies are related to the direct solution of the simultaneous equations that constitute the basis of the excel solver.


1988 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 655-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy W. Snyder ◽  
C. Wade Sheen

A method is shown for the determination of kinetic parameters from dynamic FT-IR experiments. The effect heating rate has on the reproducibility of the calculated activation energy is discussed. The curing of PMDA/ODA polyimide at several heating rates is given as an example.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walid Hikal ◽  
Brandon Weeks

Non-isothermal sublimation kinetics of low-volatile materials is more favorable over isothermal data when time is a crucial factor to be considered, especially in the subject of detecting explosives. In this article, we report on the in-situ measurements of the sublimation activation energy for 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) continuous nanofilms in air using rising-temperature UV-Vis absorbance spectroscopy at different heating rates. The TNT films were prepared by the spin coating deposition technique. For the first time, the most widely used procedure to determine sublimation rates using thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was followed in this work using UV-Vis absorbance spectroscopy. The sublimation kinetics were analyzed using three well-established calculating techniques. The non-isothermal based activation energy values using the Ozawa, Flynn–Wall, and Kissinger models were 105.9 ± 1.4 kJ mol−1, 102.1 ± 2.7 kJ mol−1, and 105.8 ± 1.6 kJ mol−1, respectively. The calculated activation energy agreed well with our previously reported isothermally-measured value for TNT nanofilms using UV-Vis absorbance spectroscopy. The results show that the well-established non-isothermal analytical techniques can be successfully applied at a nanoscale to determine sublimation kinetics using absorbance spectroscopy.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1115 ◽  
pp. 353-356
Author(s):  
Gunawan ◽  
I. Sopyan

The dehydroxylation of Zn free and 4 mol% Zn CaP powder was investigated using thermogravimetric analysis over the range of room temperature to 1200 °C. The kinetic result of dehydroxylation of Zn free and 4 mol% Zn CaP was calculated by means of the Ozawa–Flynn–Wall method. The XRD result indicated that the amount of Zn incorporated in HA lattice influences the phase stability of HA as it decreases with an increase in Zn concentration. According to calculated activation energy and conversion degree, the kinetics of HA dehydroxylation was identified, which included four successive conversion stages kinetically controlled by different rate-controlling processes. The dehydroxylation analysis of TG/DTG data show that Zn incorporation in HA lattice influences the phase stability of HA.


2007 ◽  
Vol 546-549 ◽  
pp. 267-270
Author(s):  
Tian Mo Liu ◽  
Pan Xiao ◽  
Fu Sheng Pan ◽  
Qing Liu

The cold-compressed AZ31 magnesium alloys with different (2.5%, 5%, 7.5%, 10%, 12.5% and 15%) were annealed at different temperatures (573, 623 and 673K) for different time. With aid of the optical microscopy, and microhardness tester, the microstructural evolution during annealing at different temperature of the compressed AZ31 has been investigated. The microstructural characterized results were further related to the hardness test results and the calculated activation energy. The results showed that for the compressed AZ31, the recrystallization can occur on the samples with the strain just above 10% and the deformation twinning plays an important role on the nucleation and grain growth of the recrystallization. It was found that the twinning boundary was the location of the recrystallization nuclei and a lot of recrystallized grains with equiaxed shape were found along the twinning boundaries. The relationships among the nuclei orientations and the crystallographic orientations on both sides of the twining boundary have been statistically investigated. The effects of the compressed strain and the annealing temperature on annealing behavior were also discussed based on the experimental results.


BioResources ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 2891-2905
Author(s):  
Arnaldo Martinez ◽  
Lourdes Meriño ◽  
Alberto Albis ◽  
Jorge Ortega

Kinetic analysis for the combustion of three agro-industrial biomass residues (coconut husk, corn husk, and rice husk) was carried out in order to provide information for the generation of energy from them. The analysis was performed using the results of the data obtained by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) at three heating rates (10, 20, and 30 K/min). The biomass residues were characterized in terms of proximate analysis, elemental analysis, calorific value, lignin content, α-cellulose content, hemicellulose content, and holocellulose content. The biomass fuels were thermally degraded in an oxidative atmosphere. The results showed that the biomass thermal degradation process is comprised of the combustion of hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin. The kinetic parameters of the distributed activation energy model indicated that the activation energy distribution for the pseudocomponents follows lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose in descending order. The activation energy values for each set of reactions are similar between the heating rates, which suggests that it is independent of the heating rate between 10 K/min and 30 K/min. For all the biomass samples, the increased heating rate resulted in the overlap of the hemicellulose and cellulose degradation events.


1962 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. C. Cheeseman

SummaryDetails are given of the method used in this laboratory for the preparation of k-casein. The recovery is about 25% and the material has a purity, estimated from electrophoretic patterns, of about 90% with β-casein as the main contaminant. Higher temperatures and lower ion concentration caused precipitation of k-casein in the presence of calcium ions, 0·1m-acetate buffer at pH 6·5 being sufficient to stabilize a 0·5% solution in the presence of 0·01–0·2m-CaCl2 at 20 and 30°C but not at all calcium concentrations at 40°C. It was also found that solutions of para-k-casein did not aggregate in the presence of concentrations of electrolytes above about 0·25m.The rate of release of non-protein nitrogen and decline in viscosity during the enzymic stage of gel formation in solutions of k-casein and rennin had similar apparent first order constants (0·087 ± 0·03 min—1 and 0·086 ± 0·021 min—1, respectively, at 25°C). A gel could be formed by rennin action in a solution containing as little as 6·25mg of the protein per litre. In the non-enzymic stage of gelling of k-casein solutions the calculated activation energy over the range of 20–40°C was much lower than that obtained from the non-enzymic stage of milk coagulation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faranak Ghaderi ◽  
Mahboob Nemati ◽  
Mohammad Reza siahi-shadbad ◽  
Hadi valizadeh ◽  
Farnaz Monajjemzadeh

Purpose: Evaluation of drug-excipients compatibility is an important stage during preformulation studies. In the present research, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) at different heating rates (2.5, 10, 15°C/min) was applied for the kinetic evaluation of fluvoxamine (FLM), sertraline (SER) and doxepin (DOX) binary mixtures with lactose. Methods: Solid state kinetic parameters of the mixtures were calculated using two different thermal methods including ASTM E698 and Starink and the effect of amine type (pKa value) was investigated based on the calculated activation energies. Results: Based on obtained results mean activation energy calculated for FLM, SER and DOX with lactose using ASTM E698 and Starink methods are equal to 335.23, 132.02 and 270.99 kJ/ mol respectively. Conclusion: Results showed that the probability of drug-lactose interaction is higher in the SERlactose mixture in comparison with other two antidepressant drugs which is consistent with their pKa values.


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bemgba Bevan Nyakuma

The thermal behaviour and decomposition kinetics of pelletized oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) was investigated in this study using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The OPEFB pellets were heated from room temperature to 1000 ºC at different heating rates; 5, 10 and 20 °C min-1 under inert atmosphere. Thermal degradation occurred in three steps; drying, devolatization and char decomposition. Subsequently, the Popescu method was applied to the TG/DTG data to determine the kinetic parameters of the OPEFB pellets. The activation energy, E, for different degrees of conversion, α = 0.05 to 0.7 are 36.60 kJ/mol to 233.90 kJ/mol with high correlation R2 values. In addition, the drying and decomposition of lignin reactions displayed lower E values compared to the devolatization characterized by high E value of 233 kJ/mol at α = 0.2. This indicates that the devolatization process is slower and requires higher energy requirement to reach completion than the other stages of thermal decomposition of the fuel under inert atmosphere. Keywords: decomposition, kinetics, oil palm, empty fruit bunch, pyrolysis.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lahcene Fellah ◽  
Abdallah Diha ◽  
Zakaria Boumerzoug

This work aims to investigate the microstructure after cold-wiredrawing process of commercial copper and its recrystallization kinetics under isochronal annealing. In this paper, the samples studied are commercial copper wires reduced at six different reductions by a wiredrawing at room temperature. Optical microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and DSC were used as characterization techniques. The samples were annealed under Argon atmosphere with four different heating rates by using DSC. The Kissinger, Ozawa, Boswell, and Starink methods were used to determine the recrystallization kinetics. The results showed that the cold-wiredrawing had caused the elongation of grains along the main axis of the wires also showed the existence of slip bands. It has been found, on the one side, that the recrystallization temperature increased and shifted to higher temperatures as the heating rate increased, which means that this reaction is thermally actived; On the other sidethe recrystallization temperature clearly shifted to lower temperatures as the deformation increased, which indicated that recrystallization is profoundly enhanced by high deforming.We noted a decrease in the activation energy values when the reduction increases, the activation energy for the most reduced materials were lower than that in the less reduced wires.


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