title: Study on the comprehensive combustion kinetics of MSW.
abstract: The combustion behavior of typical components of MSW was examined with a thermal gravimetric analyzer (TGA). The experiments were done over the temperature range of room temperature to 1000 degrees C at a heating rate of 10 degrees C/min and in an oxidizing atmosphere. The results indicated that the entire weight loss process of each typical component of MSW consists of one to three distinct combustion stages. The combustion of typical components of MSW could be modeled by one to three independent reactions. The corresponding parameters of typical components of MSW such as activation energy, pre-exponential factor, and reaction order were determined. The calculated results using the comprehensive kinetic model composed of one to three independent and consecutive reactions, agreed well with experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Clean Energy and Environment Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. jinyuqi@cmee.zju.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yu-Qi
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Jian-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Ke-Fa
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Cen
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006358:Hot Temperature; D017745:Incineration / Q000379:methods*; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods; D012722:Sewage / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D012722:Sewage