The thermal decompositions of sugarcane bagasse and waste-wood samples are studied using thermogravimetric analysis. Assuming the addition of three independent parallel decompositions, these corresponding to three pseudocomponents linked to the hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin, the weight loss associated with the pyrolysis process is simulated. First, an irreversible firstorder reaction model is assumed for each pseudocomponent. Results show that the modelsimulated curves do not fit well to the experimental data. Consequently, a further kinetic study is carried out for the pure lignin (Kraft alkali lignin), which demonstrates that the pyrolysis of lignin is better described by a third-order reaction rate law. The reformulation of the lignin kinetic model, and its subsequent implementation in the summative model (for the third pseudocomponent), has allowed one to reach a good agreement between simulated and experimental data.
The thermal decomposition of wood chips (pine and beech samples) and an energy crop (thistle)
is studied using thermogravimetric analysis. Assuming the addition of three independent parallel
reactions, corresponding to three pseudocomponents linked to the hemicellulose, cellulose, and
lignin, the weight loss associated with the pyrolysis process is simulated. The kinetic constants
are based on the assumption of an irreversible, single-step, first-order process for each
pseudocomponent, except for the third pseudocomponent, for which a kinetic model of third order
is applied. The weight loss evolution simulated by means of the summative model has been
compared with the experimental data. This summative nth-order model has been able to
reproduce the experimental results satisfactorily and has evidenced the influence of the biomass
composition on the pyrolysis process.
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