scholarly journals Thermogravimetric Kinetics of Selected Energy Crops Pyrolysis

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3977
Author(s):  
Magdalena Matusiak ◽  
Radosław Ślęzak ◽  
Stanisław Ledakowicz

The main purpose of this paper was to compare the pyrolysis kinetics of three types of energy crops: Miscanthus giganteus, Sida hermaphrodita, and Sorghum Moench. Studies were conducted in thermobalance. Feedstock samples were heated up from ambient temperature to 600 °C under an inert argon atmosphere. Three heating rates of β = 5, 10, and 20 °C/min were applied. Reactions occurring in the given temperature ranges were grouped together into so-called lumps identified by the deconvolution of derivative thermogravimetry (DTG) curves that corresponded to biomass compositions (hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin). For the estimation of the activation energy and pre-exponential factor, the Friedman and Ozawa–Flynn–Wall methods were used. The final kinetic parameters were determined by nonlinear regression assuming that thermal decomposition proceeded via three parallel independent reactions of the nth order. The activation energy of hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin was determined to be in the range of 92.9–97.7, 190.1–192.5, and 170–175.2 kJ/mol, respectively. The reaction order was in the range of 3.35–3.99 for hemicellulose, 1.38–1.93 for cellulose, and 3.97–3.99 for lignin. The obtained results allow us to estimate the pyrolytic potential of energy crops selected for this study, and can be used in designing efficient pyrolizers for these materials.

2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 2803-2808
Author(s):  
Ren Ping Liu ◽  
Rui Yao ◽  
Hui Li

Gentamicin bacteria residue contains high organic compound. The technology of thermochemical conversion can effectively solve the problem of bulk gentamicin residue disposal, research on pyrolysis kinetics of the reaction is the basic work for thermochemical conversion . In this paper, Pyrolysis experiments were carried out in a thermogravimetric analyzer under inert conditions and operated at different heating rates (5, 10, 20 K/min).Two different kinetic models, the iso-conversional Ozawa–Flynn–Wall (Ozawa) models and Satava method were applied on TGA data of gentamicin residue to calculate the kinetic parameters including activation energy, pre-exponential factor and Mechanism function. The results showed that: gentamicin bacteria residue lost most weight of it between 100-650 °C , about 74.23% of the whole sample can decompose under high temperature. The pyrolysis function for gentamicin residue should be G(α) =[-ln(1-α)]3.


2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 1357-1359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Hongbo ◽  
C. Meiling ◽  
W. Xu ◽  
G. Hong

Abstract The thermal decomposition of magnesium-aluminum layered double hydroxides (LDHs) was investigated by thermogravimetry analysis and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) methods in argon environment. The influence of heating rates (including 2.5, 5, 10, 15 and 20K/min) on the thermal behavior of LDHs was revealed. By the methods of Kissinger and Flynn-Wall-Ozawa, the thermal kinetic parameters of activation energy and pre-exponential factor for the exothermic processes under non-isothermal conditions were calculated using the analysis of corresponding DSC curves.


2010 ◽  
Vol 660-661 ◽  
pp. 593-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kássia Graciele dos Santos ◽  
Taisa S. Lira ◽  
Valéria V. Murata ◽  
Marco Gianesella ◽  
Marcos A.S. Barrozo

The pyrolysis kinetics of sugarcane bagasse in nitrogen flow was studied by thermogravimetric analysis from room temperature to 1173 K at different heating rates (1.5, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 and 50 K/min). As there are three distinct devolatilization peaks in the DTG curve, each peak was associated to thermal decomposition of an individual biomass subcomponent (hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin). The kinetic model adopted was a consecutive reactions model. The kinetic parameters of the pyrolysis process, such as activation energy and pre-exponential factor, were calculated by least squares non-linear method and Scilab are used as the simulation tool. The simulated results showed a good agreement with the experimental data and the parameters found are similar to reported by the literature.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1092-1093 ◽  
pp. 118-121
Author(s):  
Dong Yu Chen ◽  
Qing Yu Liu

To study the influence of KCl pretreating on the pyrolysis kinetics of soybean stalk, the pyrolysis of soybean stalk pretreated by different concentration KCl solutions were performed by nonisothermal thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) at five different heating rates. The Ozawa method was employed to calculate the activation energy. The results showed that the pyrolysis process of the soybean stalk pretreated by 3% and 10% KCl solution can be separated into four stages (water loss, depolymerization and vitrification, thermal decomposition, and carbonization). With the heating rate increasing, the main pyrolysis zone of the TG (thermogravimetric) and DTG curves move to the higher temperature region, and the maximum pyrolysis rate and its corresponding temperature increase too. A small amount of metal salts addition is conducive to the formation of volatile, and a certain amount of metal salts can improve the charcoal yield. More KCl additive makes the lower activation energy value, and the obtained activation energy value increases with the reaction degree.


2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 833-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esin Apaydin-Varol ◽  
Sevgi Polat ◽  
Ayse Putun

This study covers the thermal degradation of polycarbonate by means of Thermogravimetric Analyzer coupled with Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (TGA-FTIR). Thermogravimetric analysis of polycarbonate was carried out at four different heating rates of 5, 10, 15, and 20?C per minute from 25?C to 1000?C under nitrogen atmosphere. The results indicated that polycarbonate was decomposed in the temperature range of 425-600?C. The kinetic parameters, such as activation energy, pre-exponential factor and reaction order were determined using five different kinetic models; namely Coast-Redfern, Friedman, Kissinger, Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO), and Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS). Overall decomposition reaction order was determined by Coats-Redfern method as 1.5. Average activation energy was calculated as 150.42, 230.76, 216.97, and 218.56 kJ/mol by using Kissinger, Friedman, FWO, and KAS models, respectively. Furthermore, the main gases released during the pyrolysis of polycarbonate were determined as CO2, CH4, CO, H2O, and other lower molecular weight hydrocarbons such as aldehydes, ketones and carbonyls by using thermogravimetric analyzer coupled with Fourier transform infrared spectrometer.


2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-18
Author(s):  
M. Kobelnik ◽  
C. A. Ribeiro ◽  
D. S. Dias ◽  
G. A. Bernabé ◽  
M. S. Crespi

Divalent metal complexes of ligand 2-methoxybenzylidenepyruvate with Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn as well as sodium salt were synthesized and investigated in the solid state. TG curves of these compounds were obtained with masses sample of 1 and 5mg under nitrogen atmosphere. Different heating rates were used to characterize and study these compounds from the kinetic point of view. The activation energy and pre-exponential factor were obtained applying the Wall-Flynn-Ozawa method to the TG curves. The obtained data were evaluated and the values of activation energy (Ea / kJ mol-1) was plotted in function of the conversion degree (α). The results show that due to mass sample, different activation energies were obtained. The results are discussed mainly taking into account the linear dependence between the activation energy and the pre exponential factor, where was verified the effect of kinetic compensation (KCE) and possible linear relations between the dehydrations steps of these compounds.


2013 ◽  
Vol 772 ◽  
pp. 313-318
Author(s):  
Hong Shuang Du ◽  
Xiang Yu Li ◽  
Xue Yong Ren ◽  
Yan Xue Han

The larch bark was examined by non-isothermal means to determine the mass loss kinetics of the thermal decomposition with linear temperature programming in nitrogen atmosphere. In this work, mechanism equation of = was used forCoats-Redfern integral methodat the different heating rates. The apparent activation energy, pre-exponential factor and the pyrolysis kinetic equations at the different heating rates were obtained. The pyrolysis temperature area was divided into two separate temperature regions for the pyrolysis kinetic equation and the two components were decomposed respectively at the two separate temperature regions. The global mass loss rate of the bark is considered as controlled respectively by the reactions of the two components respectively during the lower and higher temperature ranges. The kinetics of the two components are found to abide by the mechanism equation of =, which gave the best fits to the experimental data. The obtained kinetic equations of the bark at the different heating rates were additionally validated by the reasonable agreement between the experimental and calculated results.


Author(s):  
Somayeh Ebrahimi ◽  
Jafarsadegh Moghaddas

The coking process includes two dynamic and isothermal steps. In this process, some factors control the coke formation kinetics. In this research, effects of some important and effective parameters of feed on the quality of petroleum coke were studied. Two hydrocarbon residue feeds; Cracked Fuel Oil (CFO) and Styrene Monomer Tar (SMTAR) were used at 500°C with atmospheric pressure of nitrogen used as an inert gas. Rate of weight loss and gas evolution from these feeds were considered by data of thermal analysis TG (thermogravimetry) and DTG (derivative thermogravimetry). Based on the results, CFO was assigned as the better feed. After selecting better feed, simultaneous thermogravimetry-differential analysis (TG-DTA) was used to study the pyrolysis kinetics of CFO. Samples were heated in a TG-DTA apparatus in nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature range of 37-600°C. The activation energy (Ea) and pre-exponential factor (A) were calculated from the experimental results by using a three stage Arrhenius-type kinetic model and showed that CFO pyrolysis kinetics at temperature ranges 37-285, 320-450 and 467-600°C follows first, second and first order kinetics, respectively. Attentive to temperature increase and reaction progress, activation energy and pre-exponential factor indicated different values at each stage. Also, kinetics of the isothermal step of coke formation was studied during heating of CFO. Samples were reacted in a tube furnace at 450°C and with nitrogen atmosphere. The kinetics of coke formation for petroleum residue was followed by solvent extraction (insolubility in hexane (HI), toluene (TI)) and a development of TI approximate to apparent first order kinetics. The rate constant at this temperature was calculated and it was also observed that the coke formation had been started at a temperature below 450°C.


2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-142
Author(s):  
Karishma Singh ◽  
Neeraj Mehta ◽  
Sudhir Sharma ◽  
Ashok Kumar

Glassy alloys of Se90In10-xAgx were prepared using melt quenching technique. Non-isothermal differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) studies were done on Se90In10-xAgx (x = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 at.%) glassy alloys at four different heating rates (? = 5, 10, 15, 20?C/min). Well defined endothermic and exothermic peaks were obtained at glass transition (Tg) and crystallization temperature (Tc), respectively. Augis and Bennett?s method was used to obtain the composition dependent crystallization activation energy (Ec) and the pre-exponential factor (?0) of the Arrhenius expression. A linear dependence between ln ?0 and Ec was observed showing the existence of compensation effects of the Meyer-Neldel type. These compensation effects confirm the applicability of Meyer-Neldel (MN) rule for the non-isothermal crystallization in the present case.


Author(s):  
S. Kartik ◽  
Hemant K. Balsora ◽  
Abhishek Sharma ◽  
Anand G. Chakinala ◽  
Abhishek Asthana ◽  
...  

AbstractThermal decomposition kinetics of Polypropylene (PP) waste is extremely important with respect to valorisation of waste plastics and production of utilizable components viz. chemicals, fuel oil & gas. The present research study focuses on pyrolysis kinetics of PP waste, which is present as a fraction of municipal plastic waste through distributed activation energy model (DAEM). The decomposition kinetics for PP follows a Gaussian distribution, where the normal distribution curves were centred corresponding to activation energy of 224 kJ/mol. The standard deviation of the distribution for the PP sample was found to be 22 kJ/mol indicating its wider distribution of decomposition range. The data validation has been carried out by comparing the rate parameter and extent of conversion values calculated through DAEM model with the Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) experiments carried out for PP at various heating rates of 5, 10, 20 and 40 °C/min.


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