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Critical analysis of non-isothermal kinetics of poultry litter pyrolysis

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Poultry litter is a waste from poultry industry that has been used for bioenergy generation and has high potential as feedstock for thermochemical processes, as pyrolysis. Kinetic parameters of poultry litter pyrolysis are paramount for techno-economic analysis of commercial scale processes. Scientific community has shown concern about the suitable application of different methods (model-free/model-fitting) for the determination of kinetic parameters. The application of an unsuitable method may lead to unreliable kinetic parameters. In this study, the performance of model-free methods for the determination of the kinetic parameters of poultry litter pyrolysis was evaluated. The characterization was performed through thermogravimetric analysis. Were applied the methods of Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose, Flynn–Wall–Ozawa and Vyazovkin. The model-free methods were not adequate to describe the kinetics of poultry litter pyrolysis throughout the whole reaction. Therefore, a model-based (five pseudo-components model) method was applied to obtain the kinetic parameters of poultry litter pyrolysis. Such model provided an adequate fit to the experimental data.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq No 161524/2015-0) and Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination (CAPES), for providing the scholarships, and the owner of the laying farm, for enabling the sampling procedure.

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  1. Postgraduate Program in Mining Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 9500, Bento Gonçalves Avenue, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970, Brazil

    Janaína Junges, Daniele Perondi, Suelem Daiane Ferreira & Eduardo Osório

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, 97105-900, Brazil

    Gabriela Carvalho Collazzo

  3. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), 1205, Augusto de Carvalho Avenue, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90010-390, Brazil

    Adalberto Ayjara Dornelles Filho

  4. Chemical Engineering Department, University of Passo Fundo (UPF), BR 285, São José, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, 99052-900, Brazil

    Aline Dettmer

  5. Postgraduate Program in Engineering Processes and Technologies, University of Caxias do Sul (UCS), 1130, Francisco Getúlio Vargas Street, Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, 95070-560, Brazil

    Marcelo Godinho

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Junges, J., Collazzo, G.C., Perondi, D. et al. Critical analysis of non-isothermal kinetics of poultry litter pyrolysis. J Therm Anal Calorim 134, 2329–2338 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-018-7710-0

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