{"title":"Thermal decomposition, kinetics and combustion parameters determination for two different sizes of rice husk using TGA","authors":"Saad El-Sayed","doi":"10.1016/j.eaef.2019.08.002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present study concerns the thermal pyrolysis kinetics of sieved rice husk that was classified into two sizes (38–200 μm) and (200–1000 μm) by using Thermo-Gravimetric analysis (TGA) at different heating rate (HR) values under N<sub>2</sub>. The thermal pyrolysis analysis was presented and kinetic parameters as activation energy (E), frequency factor (A), and order of reaction (n) were determined by using three different kinetic models. The effect of heating rate (HR) and particle sizes on the chemical kinetic parameters were presented and discussed. Direct method gave lower values of E and A compared to the integral method. Results showed that as particle size increases, values of the activation energy (E) and frequency factor (A) nearly increase. The combustion characteristic parameters such as ignition, burnout and peak temperatures and their corresponding times were determined. It found that larger sizes (200–1000 μm) have a relatively lower ignition temperature, higher activation energy and noticeably lower ignition times as compared to the smaller sizes (38–200 μm).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38965,"journal":{"name":"Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food","volume":"12 4","pages":"Pages 460-469"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.eaef.2019.08.002","citationCount":"21","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S188183661930062X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Engineering","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 21
Abstract
The present study concerns the thermal pyrolysis kinetics of sieved rice husk that was classified into two sizes (38–200 μm) and (200–1000 μm) by using Thermo-Gravimetric analysis (TGA) at different heating rate (HR) values under N2. The thermal pyrolysis analysis was presented and kinetic parameters as activation energy (E), frequency factor (A), and order of reaction (n) were determined by using three different kinetic models. The effect of heating rate (HR) and particle sizes on the chemical kinetic parameters were presented and discussed. Direct method gave lower values of E and A compared to the integral method. Results showed that as particle size increases, values of the activation energy (E) and frequency factor (A) nearly increase. The combustion characteristic parameters such as ignition, burnout and peak temperatures and their corresponding times were determined. It found that larger sizes (200–1000 μm) have a relatively lower ignition temperature, higher activation energy and noticeably lower ignition times as compared to the smaller sizes (38–200 μm).
期刊介绍:
Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food (EAEF) is devoted to the advancement and dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge concerning agricultural machinery, tillage, terramechanics, precision farming, agricultural instrumentation, sensors, bio-robotics, systems automation, processing of agricultural products and foods, quality evaluation and food safety, waste treatment and management, environmental control, energy utilization agricultural systems engineering, bio-informatics, computer simulation, computational mechanics, farm work systems and mechanized cropping. It is an international English E-journal published and distributed by the Asian Agricultural and Biological Engineering Association (AABEA). Authors should submit the manuscript file written by MS Word through a web site. The manuscript must be approved by the author''s organization prior to submission if required. Contact the societies which you belong to, if you have any question on manuscript submission or on the Journal EAEF.