Thermogravimetric characteristics of α-cellulose and decomposition kinetics in a micro-tubing reactor

Seung-Soo Kim; Hoang Vu Ly; Byung Hee Chun; Jae-Heung Ko; Jinsoo Kim

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.33, No.11, 3128-3133, November, 2016

DOI10.1007/s11814-016-0143-1 Export Citation

Thermogravimetric characteristics of α-cellulose and decomposition kinetics in a micro-tubing reactor

Seung-Soo Kim, Hoang Vu Ly, Byung Hee Chun, Jae-Heung Ko^{1, †}, and Jinsoo Kim^{2, †}

Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University, 346 Joongang-ro, Samcheok, Gangwon-do 25913, Korea
¹Department of Plant and Environmental New Resources, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Doegyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Korea
²Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Doegyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Korea

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The pyrolysis characteristics and kinetics of α-cellulose were investigated using thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) and micro tubing reactor, respectively. Most of the α-cellulose decomposed between 250 and 400 ℃ at heating rate of 5-20 ℃/min. The apparent activation energy was observed in the range of 263.02 kJ mol-1 to 306.21 kJ mol-1 at the conversion of 10-80%. The kinetic parameters were determined by nonlinear least-squares regression of the experimental data, assuming first-order kinetics. It was found from the kinetic rate constants that the predominant reaction pathway was A(α-cellulose) to B(bio-oil) rather than A(α-cellulose) to C(gas; C1-C4) and/or to B(bio-oil) to C(gas; C1-C4) at temperatures of 340-360 ℃.

Keywords:Woody Biomass;α-Cellulose;Pyrolysis;Lump Kinetic Model;Thermogravimetric Analysis

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[11] Deguchi S, Tsujii K, Horikoshi K, Chem. Commun., 31, 3293 (2006)

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[13] Wang S, Du Y, Zhang W, Cheng X, Wang J, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 31(10), 1786 (2014)

[14] Patwardhan PR, Satrio JA, Brown RC, Shanks BH, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis, 86, 323 (2009)

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