The pyrolysis and oxidation kinetics of distillers grains and solubles were determined using thermogravimetric analysis. The starting temperature of pyrolysis and oxidation of distillers grains and solubles increased with the increase of heating rate and initial moisture content. The pyrolysis and oxidation of distillers grains and solubles were completed at 650°C and 850°C, respectively, which...

A reaction model was developed for the pyrolysis of binary mixtures of compounds whose reactions can be apportioned into three or fewer parallel chains coupled by chain transfer. A representative application of this model to the pyrolysis of mixtures of the asphaltene model compounds n-pentadecylbenzene (PDB) and n-tridecylcyclohexane (TDC) illustrates its utility. The model, along with its ass...

Partial pyrolysis alters the chemical and textural properties of the lignocellulosic material. This work reports the effect of partial pyrolysis of olive wood on adsorption isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamics of chloro and nitrophenols. Shape of adsorption isotherms of the partially pyrolyzed sorbents was L3 for phenol; L2 for 2-nitrophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol; H3 for 2-chlorophenol, 3-chl...

Understanding the structure-property-process relationships in pyrolysis-based recycling of polymers offers new possibilities, like, energy-efficient process designs and tailored products. With consideration sample size as well thermal rate effects, influence molecular weight distribution polystyrene on pyrolysis kinetics is investigated. It shown that significantly impacts kinetics. Thermal aff...

BACKGROUND The lignocellulose biorefinery based on the sugar platform usually focuses on polysaccharide bioconversion, while lignin is only burned for energy recovery. Pyrolysis can provide a novel route for the efficient utilization of residual lignin obtained from the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose. The pyrolysis characteristics of residual lignin are usually significantly affected by...

The pyrolysis behavior and kinetics of the aqueous fraction of bio-oil were studied through thermogravimetric (TG) analysis. Based on the experimental data, activation energies and kinetic parameters were calculated by the Achar differential method and the Coats-Redfern integral method, then the most probable mechanism functions and kinetics model were obtained at last. The results show that th...

Biomass is an attractive option as a fuel for power generation. The pyrolysis process consists of the thermal degradation of biomass feedstock in the absence of oxygen/air. In the present study, the simultaneous chemical kinetics and heat transfer model is used to predict the effects of heating conditions, density of biomass, product yields and conversion on pyrolysis of biomass fuels. Finite d...

In this study, heat treatment was carried out in a relatively low temperature (230 ̊C). Mass loss kinetics was studied using equipment, specially conceived to measure sample’s mass during the thermal treatment. Laboratory experiments were performed for heating rates of 1 ̊C min-1. Mathematical model for kinetics of pyrolysis process was used and validated. During the pyrolysis of dry wood samples...

In the present study, impact of shrinkage on pyrolysis of biomass particles is studied employing a kinetic model coupled with heat transfer model using a practically significant kinetic scheme consisting of physically measurable parameters. The numerical model is used to examine the impact of shrinkage on temperature profile and pyrolysis conversion time considering cylindrical geometry. Finite...