Kinetic modeling of biomass pyrolysis

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-87

  Várhegyi, Gábor ^a   Antal Jr , Michael Jerry ^b   Jakab, Emma ^a   Szabó, Piroska ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cellulose; DSC; Hemicellulose; Lignin; Pyrolysis; Reaction kinetics; Thermogravimetry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATALYSTS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEATING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURE PHENOMENA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; XYLAN;

CELLULOSE;

EID: 0031170258     PISSN: 01652370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2370(96)00971-0     Document Type: Article

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