title: Pyrolysis characteristics and kinetics of oak trees using thermogravimetric analyzer and micro-tubing reactor.
abstract: In this work, pyrolysis characteristics were investigated using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) at heating rates of 5-20 degrees C/min. Most of the materials were decomposed between 330 degrees C and 370 degrees C at each heating rate. The average activation energy was 236.2 kJ/mol when the pyrolytic conversion increased from 5% to 70%. The pyrolysis kinetics of oak trees was also investigated experimentally and mathematically. The experiments were carried out in a tubing reactor at a temperature range of 330-370 degrees C with a reaction time of 2-8 min. A lump model of combined series and parallel reactions for bio-oil and gas formation was proposed. The kinetic parameters were determined by nonlinear least-squares regression from the experimental data. It was found from the reaction kinetic constants that the predominant reaction pathway from the oak trees was to bio-oil formation rather than to gas formation at the investigated temperature range.
authors.affiliation: College of Environment and Applied Chemistry, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Hun
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jinsoo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung-Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young-Kwon
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004735:Energy Transfer; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D029963:Quercus / Q000737:chemistry*; D012212:Rheology / Q000295:instrumentation; D013696:Temperature; D013818:Thermogravimetry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005740:Gases