Thermogravimetric study of biomass pyrolysis kinetics. A distributed activation energy model with prediction tests

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-32

  Várhegyi, Gábor ^a   Bobály, Balázs ^a   Jakab, Emma ^a   Chen, Honggang ^b  

^a CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PYROLYSIS; BIOMASS SAMPLES; COMPENSATION EFFECTS; CORN STALK; DISTRIBUTED ACTIVATION ENERGY MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INERT GAS FLOW; METHOD OF LEAST SQUARES; MODEL VERIFICATION; PARAMETER VALUES; PREDICTION CAPABILITY; PREDICTION TESTS; PSEUDO-COMPONENTS; RICE HUSK; SORGHUM STRAW; STEPWISE HEATING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC STUDIES; TIME FUNCTION; UNKNOWN PARAMETERS; WHEAT STRAWS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; HEATING; INERT GASES; KINETIC PARAMETERS; LAKES; PYROLYSIS;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 78751666224     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef101079r     Document Type: Article

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