title: Thermogravimetric analysis of co-combustion between microalgae and textile dyeing sludge.
abstract: The synergistic interaction and kinetics of microalgae, textile dyeing sludge and their blends were investigated under combustion condition by thermogravimetric analysis. The textile dyeing sludge was blended with microalgae in the range of 10-90wt.% to investigate their co-combustion behavior. Results showed that the synergistic interaction between microalgae and textile dyeing sludge improved the char catalytic effect and alkali metals melt-induced effect on the decomposition of textile dyeing sludge residue at high temperature of 530-800°C. As the heating rate increasing, the entire combustion process was delayed but the combustion intensity was enhanced. The lowest average activation energy was obtained when the percentage of microalgae was 60%, which was 227.1kJ/mol by OFW and 227.4kJ/mol by KAS, respectively.
authors.affiliation: School of Electric Power, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Energy Utilization, South China University of Technology, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510640, China.
authors.forename: Xiaowei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: School of Electric Power, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Energy Utilization, South China University of Technology, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510640, China. Electronic address: epxqma@scut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiaoqian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: School of Electric Power, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Energy Utilization, South China University of Technology, No. 381, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510640, China.
authors.forename: Zhibin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007700:Kinetics; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D058086:Microalgae / Q000737:chemistry*; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry; D013784:Textiles; D013818:Thermogravimetry; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008670:Metals; D012722:Sewage
keywords: Co-combustion; Kinetics; Microalgae; Textile dyeing sludge; Thermogravimetric analysis