Liang, Y, Ries, ME orcid.org/0000-0002-8050-3200 and Hine, PJ (2023) Pyrolysis activation energy of cellulosic fibres investigated by a method derived from the first order global model. Carbohydrate Polymers, 305. 120518. ISSN 0144-8617
Abstract
The pyrolysis kinetics of cellulosic fibres, a natural cotton yarn (NCY) and a mercerized cotton yarn (MCY), has been explored with a modified first order global analysis method (FOG), via a series of non-isothermal experiments, using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The modified FOG analysis routine was developed to overcome discrepancy in heating rate and the difference between exact results and approximations in integrals. The intrinsic pyrolysis activation energy, with temperature range tending to zero, was found to be independent of heating rate and approximation used, giving average values of 153 ± 2 kJ/mol for NCY and 192 ± 7 kJ/mol for MCY. This proves the applicability of the reported analysis routine under the conducted TGA measurements. The reasons for different values were hypothesized to be the difference in chemical composition and crystalline structure. The findings provide a new approach in the investigation on pyrolysis kinetics of biomass and factors impacting their pyrolytic behaviour.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Cellulose; Pyrolysis kinetics; Activation energy; Thermogravimetric analysis |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Soft Matter Physics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2023 12:04 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jan 2023 13:41 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120518 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:195519 |