Processing thermogravimetric analysis data for isoconversional kinetic analysis of lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis: Case study of corn stalk

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 82, Issue , 2018, Pages 2705-2715

  Cai, Junmeng ^a   Xu, Di ^a   Dong, Zhujun ^a   Yu, Xi ^b   Yang, Yang ^b   Banks, Scott W ^b   Bridgwater, Anthony V ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass pyrolysis; Effective activation energy; Isoconversional kinetic method; Kinetic analysis; Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOMASS; DATA HANDLING; KINETICS; METADATA; PYROLYSIS;

BIOMASS PYROLYSIS; CORN STALK; EFFECTIVE ACTIVATION ENERGY; ISOCONVERSIONAL KINETIC ANALYSIS; ISOCONVERSIONAL KINETIC METHOD; ISOCONVERSIONAL KINETICS; KINETIC ANALYSIS; KINETICS METHOD; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSE;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 85030765075     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.09.113     Document Type: Review

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