The paper presents the results of investigations on resistance structures based on graphite oxide (GRO) and graphene oxide (rGO). The subject matter of the investigations was thaw the sensitivity of the tested structures was affected by hydrogen, nitrogen dioxide and carbon dioxide. The experiments were performed at a temperature range from 30 °C to 150 °C in two carrier gases: nitrogen and synthetic air. The measurements were also aimed at characterization of the graphite oxide and graphene oxide. In our measurements we used (among others) techniques such as: Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM); Raman Spectroscopy (RS); Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray Photoelectron Microscopy (XPS). The data resulting from the characterizations of graphite oxide and graphene oxide have made it possible to interpret the obtained results from the point of view of physicochemical changes occurring in these structures.
In this study, the combustion behavior of raw waste wood from furniture and samples torrefied at temperatures of 473, 513, 553 and 593 K was investigated. TG-DTG analysis showed that the mass loss in the first stage of the process decreased with the temperature of torrefaction, whereas the temperature in the second stage increased. The influence of torrefaction and combustion parameters on greenhouse gas emissions were investigated by the FTIR technique. The characteristic combustion parameters were also determined. The ignition temperatures for the furniture wood waste and samples torrefied at 473, 513 and 553 K from 549 to 559 K, whereas that of the sample torrefied at 593 K was significantly higher (600 K). All samples were completely burnt at 813-843 K, after 29-35 min, depending on the torrefaction temperature. Kinetic parameters are determined using a two-step firstorder reaction. The activation energy value for the first stage increased with the increasing temperature of torrefaction, from 68 to 125 kJ mol -1 , whereas the temperature in the second stage decreased from 108 to 47 kJ mol -1 . A similar correlation was observed for the pre-exponential value A. In the case of the torrefied furniture wood waste at 593 K, the combustion process runs as a single first-order reaction. The calculated data were fitted to the experimental data very accurately (R 2 [ 0.9992 and standard deviation \6.7 %), and the kinetic model was correctly founded. The linear relationship between logA and E a provides a way to predict the kinetic parameters of the combustion process.
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