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Thermogravimetric and kinetic analysis of the decomposition of solid recovered fuel from municipal solid waste

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The thermal decomposition of a solid recovered fuel has been studied using thermogravimetry, in order to get information about the main steps in the decomposition of such material. The study comprises two different atmospheres: inert and oxidative. The kinetics of decomposition is determined at three different heating rates using the same kinetic constants and model for both atmospheres at all the heating rates simultaneously. A good correlation of the TG data is obtained using three nth-order parallel reactions.

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Authors acknowledge the financial support for this work provided by PROMETEOII/2014/007 of Generalitat Valenciana (Spain) and CTQ2013-41006-R (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness). The authors are also grateful to CEMEX ESPAÑA, S.A. for supplying the samples.

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    Juan A. Conesa & Lorena Rey

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Conesa, J.A., Rey, L. Thermogravimetric and kinetic analysis of the decomposition of solid recovered fuel from municipal solid waste. J Therm Anal Calorim 120, 1233–1240 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-4396-4

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