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Co-firing of biomass with coals

Part 1. Thermogravimetric kinetic analysis of combustion of fir (abies bornmulleriana) wood

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The chemical composition and reactivity of fir (Abies bornmulleriana) wood under non-isothermal thermogravimetric (TG) conditions were studied. Oxidation of the wood sample at temperatures near 600 °C caused the loss of aliphatics from the structure of the wood and created a char heavily containing C–O functionalities and of highly aromatic character. On-line FTIR recordings of the combustion of wood indicated the oxidation of carbonaceous and hydrogen content of the wood and release of some hydrocarbons due to pyrolysis reactions that occurred during combustion of the wood. TG analysis was used to study combustion of fir wood. Non-isothermal TG data were used to evaluate the kinetics of the combustion of this carbonaceous material. The article reports application of Ozawa–Flynn–Wall model to deal with non-isothermal TG data for the evaluation of the activation energy corresponding to the combustion of the fir wood. The average activation energy related to fir wood combustion was 128.9 kJ/mol, and the average reaction order for the combustion of wood was calculated as 0.30.

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    Ahu Gümrah Dumanli, Sinem Taş & Yuda Yürüm

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Dumanli, A.G., Taş, S. & Yürüm, Y. Co-firing of biomass with coals. J Therm Anal Calorim 103, 925–933 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-010-1126-9

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