TY - JOUR
T1 - Kinetic modeling and optimization of parameters for biomass pyrolysis
T2 - A comparison of different lignocellulosic biomass
AU - Mahmood, Hamayoun
AU - Ramzan, Naveed
AU - Shakeel, Ahmad
AU - Moniruzzaman, Muhammad
AU - Iqbal, Tanveer
AU - Kazmi, Mohsin Ali
AU - Sulaiman, Muhammad
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - A primitive element for the development of sustainable pyrolysis processes is the study of thermal degradation kinetics of lignocellulosic waste materials for optimal energy conversion. The study presented here was conducted to predict and compare the optimal kinetic parameters for pyrolysis of various lignocellulosic biomass such as wood sawdust, bagasse, rice husk, etc., under both isothermal and non-isothermal conditions. The pyrolysis was simulated over the temperature range of 500–2400 K for isothermal process and for heating rate range of 25–165 K/s under non-isothermal conditions to assess the maximum pyrolysis rate of virgin biomass in both cases. Results revealed that by increasing the temperature, the pyrolysis rate was enhanced. However, after a certain higher temperature, the pyrolysis rate was diminished which could be due to the destruction of the active sites of char. Conversely, a decrease in the optimum pyrolysis rate was noted with increasing reaction order of the virgin biomass. Although each lignocellulosic material attained its maximum pyrolysis rate at the optimum conditions of 1071 K and 31 K/s for isothermal and non-isothermal conditions, respectively, but under these conditions, only wood sawdust exhibited complete thermal utilization and achieved final concentrations of 0.000154 and 0.001238 under non-isothermal and isothermal conditions, respectively.
AB - A primitive element for the development of sustainable pyrolysis processes is the study of thermal degradation kinetics of lignocellulosic waste materials for optimal energy conversion. The study presented here was conducted to predict and compare the optimal kinetic parameters for pyrolysis of various lignocellulosic biomass such as wood sawdust, bagasse, rice husk, etc., under both isothermal and non-isothermal conditions. The pyrolysis was simulated over the temperature range of 500–2400 K for isothermal process and for heating rate range of 25–165 K/s under non-isothermal conditions to assess the maximum pyrolysis rate of virgin biomass in both cases. Results revealed that by increasing the temperature, the pyrolysis rate was enhanced. However, after a certain higher temperature, the pyrolysis rate was diminished which could be due to the destruction of the active sites of char. Conversely, a decrease in the optimum pyrolysis rate was noted with increasing reaction order of the virgin biomass. Although each lignocellulosic material attained its maximum pyrolysis rate at the optimum conditions of 1071 K and 31 K/s for isothermal and non-isothermal conditions, respectively, but under these conditions, only wood sawdust exhibited complete thermal utilization and achieved final concentrations of 0.000154 and 0.001238 under non-isothermal and isothermal conditions, respectively.
KW - kinetic modeling
KW - lignocellulolsic residue
KW - optimization
KW - Pyrolysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85057304986&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15567036.2018.1549144
DO - 10.1080/15567036.2018.1549144
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85057304986
SN - 1556-7036
VL - 41 (2019)
SP - 1690
EP - 1700
JO - Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects
JF - Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects
IS - 14
ER -