{"title":"Investigation on the effect of carbon powder structural characteristics derived from ethylene decomposition on powder explosion","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179895","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179895","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In LDPE production, ethylene underwent polymerization under high temperature and pressure. However, the heat generated during polymerization could cause ethylene pyrolysis, leading to safety risks. More critically, the carbon powder produced could further decompose, posing additional hazards. This study examined the pyrolysis characteristics of high-pressure, high-temperature ethylene and the explosive behavior of the resulting carbon powder. The decomposition of ethylene was carried out under 80–200 °C and 80–200 MPa with the oxygen concentration of 1000–5000 ppm using ethylene explosive device, and the explosive testing of derived carbon powder was carried out in a 20 L sphere chamber under the powder concentration of 200 g/m<sup>3</sup>. It was found that higher initial ignition pressure, temperature, and oxygen concentration intensified ethylene pyrolysis. The size of resulting carbon powder ranged from 0.5 to 500 μm and fewer structural defects, leading to stronger explosive intensity due to a larger specific surface area and longer suspension time in the air. Conversely, carbon powder with larger particle sizes and more defects tended to agglomerate, reducing suspension time and explosion intensity. This research provided a theoretical foundation for understanding powder explosions caused by ethylene decomposition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23058,"journal":{"name":"Thermochimica Acta","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142586441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of thermal behavior of two types of kaolin in China by ultrafast Joule heating combined with XRD, FT-IR, TG-DSC and SEM","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179894","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179894","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Thermal behavior of sandy kaolin selected from Guangxi and hard kaolin from Inner Mongolia in China were characterised by ultrafast Joule heating combined with XRD, FT-IR, TG-DSC and SEM. The results indicated that the sandy kaolin was composed of kaolinite, muscovite and quartz, and hard kaolin was predominantly composed of kaolinite, with minor quantities of anatase. During ultrafast Joule heating, the layered structure of kaolinite of sand kaolin was destroyed, and all hydroxyl groups were lost at 700 °C, while dehydroxylation completion of the hard kaolin at higher temperature, accompanied by rupture of lamellar kaolinite. Muscovite disappeared completely and accompanied by the formation of mullite at 1100 °C, while quartz is relatively unaffected, resulting in the sandy kaolin consisting of quartz and mullite phases at 1200 °C. In contrast, the transformation rate and crystallinity of mullite phase of hard kaolin was significantly higher than that of sandy kaolin.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23058,"journal":{"name":"Thermochimica Acta","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142586442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extending the Transient Plane Source Scanning method for determining the specific heat capacity of low thermal conductivity materials through a numerical study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179883","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179883","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In contrast to the conventional Transient Plane Source (TPS) method, the Transient Plane Source Scanning (TPSS) technique allows for the direct determination of the specific heat capacity and requires the use of a specially designed sample holder for accurate measurements. While this method correctly determines the specific heat capacity of samples with moderate and high thermal conductivity, it tends to underestimate the values for those with low thermal conductivity. This paper demonstrates that the underestimated specific heat capacity results from heat loss during the measurement process. To precisely quantify the heat loss, a numerical model based on the finite element method was developed, with key material properties tuned based on measurement data. This model can closely describe the curve of measured thermal response, thereby enabling the precise determination of the specific heat capacity. Consequently, this study introduces a novel approach that incorporates numerical simulation to enhance TPSS measurements of poorly conducting samples, providing a reliable alternative for determining the specific heat capacity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23058,"journal":{"name":"Thermochimica Acta","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142593865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determination of the apparent activation energy surface from isothermal data of char combustion and gasification","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179892","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179892","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, the apparent activation energy (AAE) surface was determined by using isothermal data of char combustion and gasification and the apparent Arrhenius equations where the activation parameters depended on temperature and conversion. The dependence of the logarithm of the reaction rate on temperature and conversion was described by the empirical polynomial to increase the accuracy of fitting and the AAE was calculated by the isoconversional method and the fitting of reaction rate and conversion. The AAE surfaces determined for the four examples of char combustion and gasification varied considerably and differently from each other with temperature and conversion. This provides new information for a better understanding of these processes and their kinetic models.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23058,"journal":{"name":"Thermochimica Acta","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142573239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heat capacities and thermodynamic functions of three 1-benzyl-4-aryl-1H-1,2,3-triazoles in the temperature range of (0 – Tm) K","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179881","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179881","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we present the results of comprehensive thermodynamic study of some functionally substituted triazoles such as 1-benzyl-4-phenyl-1<em>H</em>-1,2,3-triazole, 1-benzyl-4-(<em>m</em>-tolyl)-1<em>H</em>-1,2,3-triazole and 1-benzyl-4-(4‑<em>tert</em>-butylphenyl)-1<em>H</em>-1,2,3-triazole. The temperature dependences of heat capacities of 1-benzyl-4-(<em>m</em>-tolyl)-1<em>H</em>-1,2,3-triazole and 1-benzyl-4-(4‑<em>tert</em>-butylphenyl)-1<em>H</em>-1,2,3-triazole were measured in a wide temperature range of ∼(5 – 370) K using the adiabatic calorimetry. Those of 1-benzyl-4-phenyl-1<em>H</em>-1,2,3-triazole were determined at the range of ∼(5 – 80) K, supplementing the previous measurements at the more elevated temperatures. The melting parameters and thermal stability (melting temperature, enthalpy of fusion, temperature of thermal destruction) of the compounds were determined using the differential scanning calorimetry. Also, the standard thermodynamic functions (absolute entropies, reduced enthalpies and Gibbs energies) were calculated in the temperature range of (0 – <em>T</em><sub>m</sub>) K.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23058,"journal":{"name":"Thermochimica Acta","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142586448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of Heavy Oil In-situ Combustion with Copper Biocatalysts: Kinetics and Thermodynamic Aspects of High-Temperature Oxidation Reactions","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179882","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179882","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In-situ combustion is considered an efficient thermally enhanced oil recovery method. However, the combustion front stabilization remains a challenge for the scientific community. The present study examines the efficacy of copper tall oil (Cu-TO) and copper sunflower oil (Cu-SFO) on heavy oil high-temperature oxidation reactions, which are believed to solve this challenge. We applied non-isothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analyses combined with an isoconversional kinetic approach in order to calculate kinetic parameters, thermodynamic functions, and the effective rate constant of these reactions. The obtained results demonstrated that both catalysts are able to reduce the activation energies and shift oxidation regions to lower temperatures, with Cu-SFO showing superior performance. Kinetic predictions further supported these findings and revealed that the selected catalysts contributed significantly to decreasing oxidation times across all conversion ranges. Additionally, thermodynamic analyses indicated that Cu-SFO facilitated a more ordered and energetically favorable oxidation process, as demonstrated by increasingly negative entropy values and consistently lower Gibbs free energy. The research highlights the Cu-SFO catalyst exceptional ability to accelerate the transition from low-temperature to high-temperature oxidation while maintaining high catalytic activity. Taken together all these results, this research work contributes to provide comprehensive insights from the kinetic and thermodynamic analysis that reveal unique catalytic effects and reaction mechanisms, presenting an approach to stabilize combustion front and improve heavy oil recovery efficiency, addressing a critical challenge in the field of in-situ combustion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23058,"journal":{"name":"Thermochimica Acta","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142554095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and implementation of an accelerating rate calorimeter based on Modelica modeling","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179877","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179877","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The safety of self-reactive chemicals has garnered attention due to their immense destructive power. The use of an accelerating rate calorimeter allows for more accurate measurement and understanding of the kinetic parameters and reaction mechanisms of self-reactive chemicals, thereby reducing the occurrence of major accidents. In this study, a new accelerating rate calorimeter is designed and constructed by combining Modelica and a fuzzy Proportional-Integral-Derivative algorithm. The feasibility of the calorimeter data was verified by using two solutions with significantly different reaction rates: 20 % mass fraction di‑tert‑butyl peroxide/toluene and tert-butylperoxy-2-ethylhecanoate. Their thermal hazard characteristic parameters were compared with the literature data. In addition, the risk level of thermal runaway was determined using the Stoessel risk assessment method. These results demonstrate that the accelerating rate calorimeter based on Modelica modeling meets the accuracy of thermal hazard characteristic parameters. It is capable of performing risk assessments for runaway reactions of self-reactive chemicals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23058,"journal":{"name":"Thermochimica Acta","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142527227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insights into the thermal stabilization mechanism of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 for poly(vinyl chloride)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179880","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179880","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The thermal stability of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) for poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) has received attention, but its thermal stabilization mechanism needs further clarification. Herein, the stearic acid-modified ZIF-8 with high specific surface area and large pore volume was effectively synthesized by using zinc stearate as the zinc source for the first time. Modification of stearic acid results in larger adsorption capacity of ZIF-8 for HCl and better thermal stability effect for PVC, especially long-term thermal stability. Moreover, the thermal stability mechanism of ZIF-8 for PVC was demonstrated by experiments and theoretical calculations. In addition to absorbing HCl to eliminate autocatalytic degradation of PVC, ZIF-8 disintegrates and may form 2-methylimidazole-Zn-Cl salt complex instead of free ZnCl2, avoiding the negative zinc burning effect. Furthermore, the Diels-Alder reaction between imidazole ring and degraded PVC prevents the extension of the conjugated double bonds of PVC and delays the deepening of the color of PVC.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23058,"journal":{"name":"Thermochimica Acta","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142554096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermoluminescence characteristics of UV-irradiated natural hackmanite","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179879","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179879","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hackmanite has received extensive attention from scholars in recent years. However, there is still no report on the thermoluminescence properties of natural hackmanites under UV irradiation, as well as its relative electron trap and luminescence center. In this paper, the structural defects and thermoluminescence spectroscopic properties of hackmanite are comprehensively characterized by XRD, TL spectroscopy, SEM, EPR, XPS and Raman spectroscopy. The traps depth of TL peaks are calculated by computerized glow curve deconvolution (CGCD) techniques. And the charge transition energy levels of intrinsic defects in Na<sub>8</sub>Al<sub>6</sub>Si<sub>6</sub>O<sub>24</sub>(Cl,S)<sub>2</sub> are calculated by spin-polarized density-functional theory (DFT) in VASP. It shows that the low-temperature TL peaks of hackmanite are associated with Cl vacancies and photochromic properties. The high-temperature peak is caused by marginal oxygen vacancies. The results are conducive to deepening the understanding of structural defects of the hackmanites and linking the thermoluminescence with the phototropy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23058,"journal":{"name":"Thermochimica Acta","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142441388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermal properties and decomposition of perovskite energetic materials (C6H14N2) NH4 (ClO4)3","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179878","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tca.2024.179878","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>(C<sub>6</sub>N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>14</sub>) NH<sub>4</sub> (ClO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> (DAP-4) have attracted an increasing focus recently as an ammoniumperchlorate-based molecular perovskite energetic material with outstanding features. Microscopy, variable temperature X-ray diffraction, in situ infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry-thermogravimetry simultaneous thermal analysis coupled with infrared spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (DSC-TG/FTIR/MS) techniques were used to systematically investigate DAP-4 thermal properties from -40 °C to 550 °C. The results revealed that DAP-4 have two solid-solid crystallization phase transitions with a non-characteristic melting process. The generated activation energies of HCN, CO, CH<sub>2</sub>NH<sub>2</sub>, CO<sub>2</sub> and NO<sub>2</sub> gas products are all lower than the macroscopic decomposition's of DAP-4. This finding strongly proves that DAP-4 is easy to form these gas products during thermal stimulus. The two stages decomposition mechanism accompanying a large of CH<sub>2</sub>NH<sub>2</sub> and NH<sub>2</sub>C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> gases and kinetic model of DAP-4 were proposed under the condition of high-purity argon gas. This study provides new insight into the in-depth and accurate description thermal decomposition mechanism of DAP-4 as a potential energetic material.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23058,"journal":{"name":"Thermochimica Acta","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142446394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}