Thermal and kinetic analysis of diverse biomass fuels under different reaction environment: a way forward to renewable energy sources

Sher, F ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2890-5912, Iqbal, SZ, Liu, H, Imran, M and Snape, CE, 2020. Thermal and kinetic analysis of diverse biomass fuels under different reaction environment: a way forward to renewable energy sources. Energy Conversion and Management, 203: 112266. ISSN 0196-8904

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Abstract

This study investigates the thermal and kinetic analysis of six diverse biomass fuels, in order to provide valuable information for power and energy generation. Pyrolytic, combustion and kinetic analyses of barley straw, miscanthus, waste wood, wheat straw, short rotation coppicing (SRC) willow and wood pellet were examined by non-isothermal thermogravimetry analyser (TGA), differential thermogravimetric (DTG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques. Biomass fuels were thermally degraded under N2, air, CO2 and the selected oxy-fuel (30% O2/70% CO2) reaction environments. The thermal degradation under inert N2 and CO2 atmospheres showed an almost identical rate of weight loss (R), reactivity (RM × 103) and activation energy (Ea) profiles. Similar profiles for R, RM and Ea were observed for the environments under air (21% O2/79% N2) and the oxy-fuel combustion. Results indicated that the thermal decomposition rate for biomass fuels in an oxidising condition was faster than in an inert atmosphere, favourable effect on thermal degradation of biomass fuels was observed when oxygen content increased from 21 to 30%. Higher activation energies with lower reactivity were observed for the biomass fuels that have low cellulosic contents as compared to the other fuels. Regression analysis confirmed that the reaction order 0.5 modelled fitted well for all biomass samples. All these findings will provide valuable information and promote the advancement of future researches in this field.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Energy Conversion and Management
Creators:	Sher, F., Iqbal, S.Z., Liu, H., Imran, M. and Snape, C.E.
Publisher:	Elsevier BV
Date:	1 January 2020
Volume:	203
ISSN:	0196-8904
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.enconman.2019.112266 DOI 1568145 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	27 Jul 2022 10:37
Last Modified:	27 Jul 2022 10:37
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/46745

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