Co-pyrolysis of bamboo sawdust and plastic: Synergistic effects and kinetics

Mahboob Alam, Anjireddy Bhavanam, Ashirbad Jana, Jaimin kumar S. Viroja and Nageswara Rao Peela

Renewable Energy, 2020, vol. 149, issue C, 1133-1145

Abstract: The co-pyrolysis of bamboo sawdust (BSD) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) is studied for the first time using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in the temperature range of 30–900 °C at heating rates 5, 10 and 20 °C·min−1. A blend containing 25 wt% BSD and 75 wt% LLDPE (BP1:3) shows the highest synergism as compared to other blends studied. The activation energy drop (36% with respect to biomass) is also highest with this blend. The kinetic parameters are determined using three models based on the isoconversional method: Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS), Ozawa-Flynn-Wall (OFW), and Friedman (FM) models. The mean values of apparent activation energy for the decomposition of blends (BP3:1 (75 wt% BSD and 25 wt% LLDPE), BP1:1 (50 wt% BSD and 50 wt% LLDPE) and BP1:3) are determined to be 357, 371 and 143 kJ mol−1 from KAS, 368, 400 and 165 kJ mol−1 from OFW and 468, 356 and 255 kJ mol−1 from FM, respectively. The reaction follows a multistep mechanism as depicted by Criado’s master plot. The decomposition of the blend BP1:3 follows a nucleation growth (A2) model in the lower conversion range and diffusion (D2) model in the higher conversion range.

Keywords: Co-pyrolysis kinetics; Bamboo biomass; Linear low-density polyethylene; Synergism; Isoconversional models; Criado’s master plot (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.10.103

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