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Biomass Chemical Engineering ›› 2022, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (6): 36-42.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5854.2022.06.006

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Pyrolysis Characteristics and Kinetics Analysis of Algae Residue

Si LI1,2, Shaojian JIANG1, Changzhu LI2,3,4, Xudong LIU2,3,4, Aihua ZHANG2,3,4,5, Zhihong XIAO2,3,4,*()   

  1. 1. School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of Woody Oil, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China
    3. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Oils & Fats Molecular Structure and Function, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China
    4. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Utilization Science for Southern Woody Oil Resources, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China
    5. Hunan Xiangchun Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., Changsha 410008, China
  • Received:2022-01-17 Online:2022-11-30 Published:2022-11-18
  • Contact: Zhihong XIAO E-mail:xiaozhihong@hnlky.cn

Abstract:

The effect of heating rate in N2 atmosphere on the pyrolysis characteristics of chlorella after Soxhlet fat extraction was studied by thermogravimetric experiment. The rapid pyrolysis experiment in tubular furnace under N2 atmosphere showed that at 400℃, the pyrolysis conversion rate was the highest, where the yield of biooil and the pyrolysis gas were 57.6% and 10% respectively. The pyrolysis kinetics of algal residue was analyzed and compared by equal conversion methods of FWO and KAS. The results showed that the pyrolysis curve of algal residue could be divided into three stages, where the main pyrolysis stage was 155-800℃. There were two weight loss peaks in the DTG curve of algal residue. With the increase of heating rate, TG and DTG curves shifted to the high temperature zone, and the maximum weight loss rate and residual solid mass increased. Under N2 atmosphere, the apparent activation energy and pre-exponential factor of the main pyrolysis stage of algal residue were 228.46 kJ/mol and 2.49×1021 min-1, respectively. At this stage, the pyrolysis data of algal residue was well simulated using FWO and KAS method, and the linear fitting correlation coefficient (R2) was above 0.96. The best pyrolysis function was dα/dT=2.49×1021/β exp(-228.46/(RT))(1-α)8.

Key words: algal residue, pyrolysis, activation energy, kinetics

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