Abstract
Coconut husk is a residue from coconut processing plants that has not been widely utilized. Pyrolysis has the opportunity to convert it into chemicals in the form of bio-crude oil (BCO). Therefore, this study aims to examine the thermal decomposition behavior as well as determine the kinetic and activation thermodynamic parameters of coconut husk pyrolysis in the devolatilization zone using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Volatile state Kissinger-Akahira Sunose (KAS), volatile state Flynn–Wall–Ozawa (FWO), volatile state Friedman, and volatile state Coats-Redfern (CR) methods were employed with heating rates of 5, 10, and 20 °C.min−1. The TGA result supports the evidence of the non-isothermal pattern in the mass loss profile. Besides, the average ranges of activation energy, pre-exponential factor, activation enthalpy, activation entropy, and activation Gibbs free energy of coconut husk pyrolysis are 197.56–198.41 kJ.mol−1, 6.08 × 1020–1.41 × 1022 s−1, 192.87–193.73 kJ.mol−1, − 0.24–0.28 kJ.mol−1.K−1, and 152.39–166.12 kJ.mol−1, in a respective term. The pattern of activation energy shows that it initially enhances along with reaction progress and temperature due to low molecular mobility and then the value alleviates as the completion decomposition process to form BCO. On the other side, the results of the activation thermodynamics parameters prove that this process is endothermic, forms a transition state (ordered) before forming the product (disordered), and requires an external supply of heat. As a recommendation, the volatile approach is proven can describe the relationship between activation energy and activation thermodynamic parameters in the transition state.
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Hernowo, P., Steven, S., Maulidin, M. et al. Thermokinetic study of coconut husk pyrolysis in the devolatilization zone using volatile state approach. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-024-05706-y
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