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Study on Pyrolysis Characteristics and Kinetics of Seaweed

GUO Xiao-lan1, WANG Jun1, CHEN Ming-gong1, LI De-mao2, MIN Fan-fei3, ZHANG Ming-xu3, WANG Guang-ce2, CHEN Ming-qiang1   

  1. 1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Science & Technology, Huainan 232001, China;2. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China;3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
  • Received:2006-10-18 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2007-05-30 Published:2007-05-30

Abstract: The pyrolytic characteristics of two seaweeds were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis technique. The pyrolysis experiments were performed up to 700℃ at heating rates of 10、20、30、50 and 80℃/min in a dynamic nitrogen flow of 100 mL/min.The results showed four stages (dehydration, two main devolatilizations and residual decomposition) appeared in the pyrolysis process. Activation energies and pre-exponential factors were calculated by Popescu method. Experment results indicated that Avrami-Erofeev equation was suitable for describing the main devolatilization process of seaweed. Thermolysis mechanism was random nucleation and nuclei growth.With the increasing of conversion,activation energies and pre-exponential factors were also increased. This showed that pyrolysis took place easily when conversion rate was low.

Key words: seaweed, pyrolysis, thermolysis mechanism, kinetics

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