scholarly journals Pretreatment of Automotive Shredder Residues, Their Chemical Characterisation, and Pyrolysis Kinetics

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10549
Author(s):  
Sandhya Kuruvalan Vijayan ◽  
Mahmud Arman Kibria ◽  
Md Hemayet Uddin ◽  
Sankar Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
Heating Rate ◽  
Kinetic Data ◽  
Particle Sizes ◽  
Pyrolysis Kinetics ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Shredder Residue ◽  
Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Automotive Shredder Residue ◽  
Ictac Kinetics Committee ◽  
Diffuse Reflectance Infrared

Automotive Shredder Residue (ASR), a waste when metals are mostly removed from end-of-life vehicles, has constituents similar to municipal solid waste (MSW) consisting of plastics, rubber, textiles, and some metals. The processing of ASR is a challenge due to its heterogeneous nature, making feeding to a reactor difficult. In this work, a new procedure of ASR pretreatment is proposed to bring particulate nature in the sample for easier feeding during pyrolysis. The thermal breakdown characteristics of the pretreated ASR solids under slow pyrolysis conditions were assessed in a thermogravimetric analyser following the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (ICTAC) kinetics committee recommendations. The effect of particle sizes and heating rates were studied at temperatures up to 800 °C at different heating rates of 2, 5, and 10 °C/min for three particle sizes, 38–63 µm, 63–90 µm, and 90–106 µm, and the kinetic data were derived. The volatiles emitted during pyrolysis were characterized by Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy (DRIFTS). We also developed an algorithm for the selection of heating rate during the pyrolysis of the pretreated ASR. The DRIFTS results, kinetic data, and heating rate for the selected particle sizes are useful for the development of a pyrolysis process for pretreated ASR.

Study on the Pyrolysis Kinetics of HCl-Pretreated Soybean Stalk

2014 ◽  
Vol 953-954 ◽  
pp. 261-266
Author(s):  
Dong Yu Chen ◽  
Yan Qing Hu ◽  
Qing Yu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Heating Rate ◽  
Temperature Increase ◽  
Loss Rate ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Pyrolysis Kinetics ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Acid Washing ◽  
Shoulder Peak ◽  
Kinetics Of

To study the influences of the acid-washing on the characteristics of soybean stalk pyrolysis , and search the high-efficiency catalyst for biomass pyrolysis, pyrolysis experiments of soybean stalk pretreated by 0.1mol/L HCl acid solution were performed by nonisothermal thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) at five different heating rates. The results showed the pyrolysis process of HCl-washed soybean stalk can be separated into four stages (water loss, depolymeri-zation and vitrification, thermal decomposition, and carbonization). At the same heating rate, the maximum pyrolysis rate of HCl-washed is larger than untreated soybean stalk, but the corresponding temperature is higher. All the DTG (differential thermogravimetric) curveas appear a smaller shoulder peak respectively. With the heating rate increasing, the main pyrolysis zone of the TG (thermogravimetric) and DTG curves move to the high-temperature direction, and the maximum pyrolysis rate and its corresponding temperature increase too. HCl-wahsed makes the weight loss rate of the final temperature increase 5% approximately. The value area of activation energy of the main pyrolysis area is 140.19~174.59 kJ/mol calculated by the method of Ozawa. The Šatava method inferred the most possible mechanism function of HCl-wahsed soybean stalk is Zhuralev-Lesakin-Tempelman equation, which is three-dimensional diffusion.

scholarly journals Flash Pyrolysis Kinetics of Extracted Lignocellulosic Biomass Components

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Pielsticker ◽  
Benjamin Gövert ◽  
Kentaro Umeki ◽  
Reinhold Kneer
Keyword(s):  
Heating Rate ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Drop Tube ◽  
Pyrolysis Kinetics ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Flash Pyrolysis ◽  
Step Model ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Kinetics Of

Biomass is a complex material mainly composed of the three lignocellulosic components: cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. The different molecular structures of the individual components result in various decomposition mechanisms during the pyrolysis process. To understand the underlying reactions in more detail, the individual components can be extracted from the biomass and can then be investigated separately. In this work, the pyrolysis kinetics of extracted and purified cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin are examined experimentally in a small-scale fluidized bed reactor (FBR) under N2 pyrolysis conditions. The FBR provides high particle heating rates (approx. 104 K/s) at medium temperatures (573–973 K) with unlimited reaction time and thus complements typically used thermogravimetric analyzers (TGA, low heating rate) and drop tube reactors (high temperature and heating rate). Based on the time-dependent gas concentrations of 22 species, the release rates of these species as well as the overall rate of volatiles released are calculated. A single first-order (SFOR) reaction model and a 2-step model combined with Arrhenius kinetics are calibrated for all three components individually. Considering FBR and additional TGA experiments, different reaction regimes with different activation energies could be identified. By using dimensionless pyrolysis numbers, limits due to reaction kinetics and heat transfer could be determined. The evaluation of the overall model performance revealed model predictions within the ±2σ standard deviation band for cellulose and hemicellulose. For lignin, only the 2-step model gave satisfying results. Modifications to the SFOR model (yield restriction to primary pyrolysis peak or the assumption of distributed reactivity) were found to be promising approaches for the description of flash pyrolysis behavior, which will be further investigated in the future.

Study on the Pyrolysis Characteristics and Mechanism of KCl-Pretreated Sunflower Stalk

2013 ◽  
Vol 448-453 ◽  
pp. 1665-1674
Author(s):  
Dong Yu Chen ◽  
Qing Yu Liu ◽  
Yan Qing Hu
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Kinetic Mechanism ◽  
Metal Salts ◽  
Pyrolysis Kinetics ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Energy Value ◽  
Pyrolysis Characteristics ◽  
Mechanism Model

To study the influence of KCl pretreating on the pyrolysis kinetics of sunflower stalk, the pyrolysis of sunflower stalk pretreated by different concentration KCl solutions were performed by nonisothermal thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) at five different heating rates. The Ozawa and Kissinger methods were employed to calculate the activation energy and the Šatava method was used to obtain the kinetic mechanism model. The results showed that the pyrolysis process of the sunflower stalk pretreated by 3% and 10% KCl solution can be separated into four stages (water loss, depolymerization and vitrification, thermal decomposition, and carbonization). With the heating rate increasing, the main pyrolysis zone of the TG (thermogravimetric) and DTG curves move to the higher temperature direction, and the maximum pyrolysis rate and its corresponding temperature increase too. Adding a small amount of metal salts is conducive to the formation of volatile, and a certain amount of metal salts can improve the charcoal yield. More KCl additive makes the lower activation energy value, and the obtained activation energy value increases with the heating rate increasing. By means of the Šatava method, the kinetic mechanism model for the pyrolysis of KCl-pretreated sunflower stalk is Zhuralev-Lesakin-Tempelman equation, which is three-dimensional diffusion.

scholarly journals Experimental and Numerical-Driven Prediction of Automotive Shredder Residue Pyrolysis Pathways toward Gaseous Products

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1779
Author(s):  
Rafał Ślefarski ◽  
Joanna Jójka ◽  
Paweł Czyżewski ◽  
Michał Gołębiewski ◽  
Radosław Jankowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laminar Flame ◽  
Flame Temperature ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Pyrolysis Process ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Shredder Residue ◽  
Gaseous Products ◽  
Refuse Derived Fuel ◽  
Automotive Shredder Residue

There has been a gradual increase in the field of parts recovery from cars that are withdrawn from use. However, the disposal of automotive shredder residue (ASR) still remains a significant problem. ASR is refuse derived fuel (RDF), which contains mainly plastics, fiber sponges, and rubbers in different proportions, and therefore a thermal treatment of selected waste samples is applied. The presented research includes thermogravimetry (TG) analysis and differential thermogravimetric (DTG) analysis, as well as a proximate and an ultimate analysis of the ASR samples. The obtained results were processed and used as an input for modelling. The numerical calculations focused on the identification of the ASR’s average composition, the raw pyrolysis process product, its dry pyrolytic gas composition, and the combustible properties of the pyrolytic gases. The TGA analysis with three heating rate levels covered the temperature range from ambient to 800 °C. The thermal decomposition of the studied samples was in three stages confirmed with three peaks observed at the temperatures 280, 470, and 670 °C. The amount of solid residue grew with the heating rates and was in the range of 27–32 wt%. The numerical calculation of the pyrolysis process showed that only 0.46 kg of dry gas were formed from 1 kg of ASR. The gas yield increased with the rising temperature, and, at the same time, its calorific value decreased from 19.22 down to 14.16 MJ/m3. This is due to the decomposition of C6+ hydrocarbons and the promotion of CO formation. The thermodynamic parameters of the combustion process for a pyrolytic gas air mixture, such as the adiabatic flame temperature and laminar flame speed, were higher than for methane and were, respectively, 2073 °C and 1.02 m/s.

scholarly journals Investigating the pyrolysis kinetics of Pinus sylvestris using thermogravimetric analysis

BioResources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 5577-5592
Author(s):  
Langui Xu ◽  
Jiawei Zhou ◽  
Jiong Ni ◽  
Yanru Li ◽  
Yan Long ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermogravimetric Analysis ◽  
Pinus Sylvestris ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
High Heating Rate ◽  
Pyrolysis Kinetics ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Model Free ◽  
Different Temperatures

Thermogravimetric analyses of Pinus sylvestris from Xinxiang were performed to investigate its kinetic characteristics, which could provide information for industrial applications. Thermal degradation experiments were conducted at various heating rates of 10 °C/min, 20 °C/min, and 60 °C/min using a thermogravimetric analysis-differential scanning calorimetry (TG-DSC) analyzer with an inert environment. The peak pyrolysis temperatures of the three major components (hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin) were predicted by the Kissinger-Kai method, and activation energy values (Eα) were calculated. The Eα of Pinus sylvestris was also estimated by two model-free methods. The decomposition reactions of hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin at different temperatures were the main reason for fluctuations in Eα. The time for heat transfer was less sufficient at a high heating rate compared with that at a low heating rate, which caused the temperature gradients in the samples. Therefore, the temperature of maximum exothermic peaks was higher than the maximum pyrolysis temperature. This kinetic study could be useful for providing guidance for optimizing the biomass pyrolysis process.

Maximum heating rates for producing undistorted glassy carbon ware determined by wedge-shaped samples

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2368-2375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Maleki ◽  
Lawrence R. Holland ◽  
Gwyn M. Jenkins ◽  
R. L. Zimmerman ◽  
Wally Porter
Keyword(s):  
Heating Rate ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
Gaseous Product ◽  
Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Gaseous Products ◽  
Volatile Products ◽  
Solid Bodies ◽  
Polymeric Carbon ◽  
Maximum Heating

Polymeric carbon artifacts are particularly difficult to make in thick section. Heating rate, temperature, and sample thickness determine the outcome of carbonization of resin leading to a glassy polymeric carbon ware. Using wedge-shaped samples, we found the maximum thickness for various heating rates during gelling (300 K–360 K), curing (360 K–400 K), postcuring (400 K–500 K), and precarbonization (500 K–875 K). Excessive heating rate causes failure. In postcuring the critical heating rate varies inversely as the fifth power of thickness; in precarbonization this varies inversely as the third power of thickness. From thermogravimetric evidence we attribute such failure to low rates of diffusion of gaseous products of reactions occurring within the solid during pyrolysis. Mass spectrometry shows the main gaseous product is water vapor; some carboniferous gases are also evolved during precarbonization. We discuss a diffusion model applicable to any heat-treatment process in which volatile products are removed from solid bodies.

Automotive shredder residue (ASR): Reviewing its production from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) and its recycling, energy or chemicals’ valorisation

2011 ◽  
Vol 190 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 8-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Vermeulen ◽  
J. Van Caneghem ◽  
C. Block ◽  
J. Baeyens ◽  
C. Vandecasteele
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Shredder Residue ◽  
Automotive Shredder Residue

scholarly journals Towards a better representation of the solar cycle in general circulation models

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (20) ◽  
pp. 5391-5400 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Nissen ◽  
K. Matthes ◽  
U. Langematz ◽  
B. Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cycle ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Temperature Response ◽  
General Circulation Models ◽  
Short Wave ◽  
Radiative Transfer Model ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Radiation Scheme

Abstract. We introduce the improved Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) high-resolution radiation scheme FUBRad and compare it to the 4-band standard ECHAM5 SW radiation scheme of Fouquart and Bonnel (FB). Both schemes are validated against the detailed radiative transfer model libRadtran. FUBRad produces realistic heating rate variations during the solar cycle. The SW heating rate response with the FB scheme is about 20 times smaller than with FUBRad and cannot produce the observed temperature signal. A reduction of the spectral resolution to 6 bands for solar irradiance and ozone absorption cross sections leads to a degradation (reduction) of the solar SW heating rate signal by about 20%. The simulated temperature response agrees qualitatively well with observations in the summer upper stratosphere and mesosphere where irradiance variations dominate the signal. Comparison of the total short-wave heating rates under solar minimum conditions shows good agreement between FUBRad, FB and libRadtran up to the middle mesosphere (60–70 km) indicating that both parameterizations are well suited for climate integrations that do not take solar variability into account. The FUBRad scheme has been implemented as a sub-submodel of the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy).

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