Formal kinetics of polystyrene pyrolysis in non-oxidizing atmosphere

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 548, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-26

  Snegirev, A Yu ^a   Talalov, V A ^a   Stepanov, V V ^a   Harris, J N ^b  

^a PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal kinetics; Gasification; Microscale combustion calorimeter; Polystyrene flammability; Pyrolysis combustion flow calorimetry; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; AUTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; DATA SETS; FORMAL KINETICS; HEAT RELEASE; KINETIC DATA; KINETIC FUNCTIONS; KINETIC MODELS; KISSINGER; MEASUREMENT DATA; MICROSCALE COMBUSTION; MODEL FITTING; MODEL-FREE ISOCONVERSIONAL METHOD; MULTIPLE HEATING RATES; N-TH ORDER REACTION; NITROGEN FLOW; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; PEAK VALUES; POLYMER COMPOSITE MATERIALS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PYROLYSIS-COMBUSTION FLOW CALORIMETRIES; REACTION MODEL; REASONABLE ACCURACY; SINGLE-STEP;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; COMBUSTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GASIFICATION; HEATING RATE; KINETIC THEORY; POLYSTYRENES; PYROLYSIS; REACTION RATES;

KINETICS;

EID: 84865845919     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2012.08.021     Document Type: Article

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