Development of a Variable Activation Energy Model for Biomass Devolatilization
Development of a Variable Activation Energy Model for Biomass Devolatilization
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DOI:
10.1021/ef9001499
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发表时间:
2009-04
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5.3
通讯作者:
E. Biagini;L. Guerrini;C. Nicolella
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作者:
E. Biagini;L. Guerrini;C. Nicolella
A thermogravimetric balance is used in this work to characterize different classes of biomass fuels: residues (rice husks, olive cake, cacao shells), woods (poplar, beech, pellets), and grasses (mischantus). The effect of the heating rate is evaluated in the range 10−80 K/min providing significant parameters for the fingerprinting of the fuels. Kinetic parameters are obtained by applying traditional isoconversional methods. The activation energy as a function of the conversion reveals the multistep nature of the biomass devolatilization. Although average values allow the reactivity of different fuels to be compared, a first-order reaction model can hardly predict the biomass devolatilization in the whole range of conversions. A VEB (variable activation energy model for biomass devolatilization) model is developed, based on the results of the kinetic analysis, maintaining a simple kinetic scheme. A good agreement is obtained for the biomass residues in all HR runs in the entire range of temperatures. The m...