title: Dominant thermogravimetric signatures of lignin in cashew shell as compared to cashew shell cake.
abstract: Dominant thermogravimetric signatures related to lignin were observed in cashew shell as compared to these signatures in cashew shell cake. The phenomenon of weakening of lignin from cashew shell to cashew shell cake was explained on the basis of changes in the activation energies. The pertinent temperature regimes responsible for the release of different constituents of both the bio-materials were identified and compared. The activation energies of cashew shell and cashew shell cake were compared using Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose method. Thermogravimetric profiling of cashew shell and cashew shell cake indicated that these were different kinds of bio-materials.
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Energy and Power Division, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, MP, India. Electronic address: gangilsandip@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gangil
mesh_terms: D031021:Anacardium / Q000737:chemistry*; D056804:Biofuels; D007700:Kinetics; D008031:Lignin / Q000032:analysis*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature; D013818:Thermogravimetry
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D008031:Lignin
keywords: Activation energy; Cashew shell; Cashew shell cake; Kinetics; Thermogravimetry