Thermogravimetric analysis of pyrolysis of Delonix regia biomass in the presence of zeolite, mixed metal oxides and carbon supported noble metal catalysts

Renewable energy from biomass waste shall become an effective alternative to faster-depleting fossil fuels and pyrolysis is a suitable approach to produce renewable energy from biomass. Further, kinetics parameters are essential in designing reactors for pyrolysis and this work provides kinetics of...

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Main Authors: Draksharapu Rammohan, Nanda Kishore, Ramagopal V.S. Uppaluri
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Published: Elsevier 2023-03-01
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author Draksharapu Rammohan
Nanda Kishore
Ramagopal V.S. Uppaluri
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description Renewable energy from biomass waste shall become an effective alternative to faster-depleting fossil fuels and pyrolysis is a suitable approach to produce renewable energy from biomass. Further, kinetics parameters are essential in designing reactors for pyrolysis and this work provides kinetics of catalytic pyrolysis (CP) of Delonix regia (DR) biomass. In addition to this significance, the novelty of this work includes the utilization of catalysts of three different kinds such as zeolite (Na–Y), mixed metal oxides (TiO2+ZnO), and supported noble metal (Pt/C) catalysts at varying loads of 30–10 wt %. All experiments were performed in a micro pyrolyzer (thermogravimetry analyzer) under non-isothermal conditions at five heating rates (5, 10, 20, 35, and 55 °C min−1) in a temperature range of 25–1000 °C. To estimate kinetic factors (KF) and thermodynamic parameters (TP), five iso-conversional techniques such as Differential Friedman (DFM), Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose (KAS), Ozawa–Flynn–Wall (OFW), Starink (STK), and Distributed Activation Energy (DAE) were employed. KAS technique yielded the lowest mean activation energy, Eα (181.29 kJ mol−1), and frequency factor, ko (2.10 E+16 s−1) factors by use of Na–Y zeolite of load 10 wt % whereas the corresponding change in enthalpy is 177 kJ mol−1, change in Gibbs free energy is 178 kJ mol−1, and change in entropy is −9.58 E−04 kJ mol−1 K−1. Criado's master plots confirmed the reaction pathway as: second order (F2), power-law (P4), contraction area (R2), zero order (F0), contraction volume (R3), and fourth order (F4) for 20 °C min−1 from DFM technique for CP of DR by using Na–Y zeolite catalyst of load 10 wt %.
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spelling doaj.art-1e373b2fe1a849a4b0481d2157660c372023-02-09T04:14:48ZengElsevierResults in Engineering2590-12302023-03-0117100936Thermogravimetric analysis of pyrolysis of Delonix regia biomass in the presence of zeolite, mixed metal oxides and carbon supported noble metal catalystsDraksharapu Rammohan0Nanda Kishore1Ramagopal V.S. Uppaluri2Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, 781039, IndiaCorresponding author.; Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, 781039, IndiaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, 781039, IndiaRenewable energy from biomass waste shall become an effective alternative to faster-depleting fossil fuels and pyrolysis is a suitable approach to produce renewable energy from biomass. Further, kinetics parameters are essential in designing reactors for pyrolysis and this work provides kinetics of catalytic pyrolysis (CP) of Delonix regia (DR) biomass. In addition to this significance, the novelty of this work includes the utilization of catalysts of three different kinds such as zeolite (Na–Y), mixed metal oxides (TiO2+ZnO), and supported noble metal (Pt/C) catalysts at varying loads of 30–10 wt %. All experiments were performed in a micro pyrolyzer (thermogravimetry analyzer) under non-isothermal conditions at five heating rates (5, 10, 20, 35, and 55 °C min−1) in a temperature range of 25–1000 °C. To estimate kinetic factors (KF) and thermodynamic parameters (TP), five iso-conversional techniques such as Differential Friedman (DFM), Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose (KAS), Ozawa–Flynn–Wall (OFW), Starink (STK), and Distributed Activation Energy (DAE) were employed. KAS technique yielded the lowest mean activation energy, Eα (181.29 kJ mol−1), and frequency factor, ko (2.10 E+16 s−1) factors by use of Na–Y zeolite of load 10 wt % whereas the corresponding change in enthalpy is 177 kJ mol−1, change in Gibbs free energy is 178 kJ mol−1, and change in entropy is −9.58 E−04 kJ mol−1 K−1. Criado's master plots confirmed the reaction pathway as: second order (F2), power-law (P4), contraction area (R2), zero order (F0), contraction volume (R3), and fourth order (F4) for 20 °C min−1 from DFM technique for CP of DR by using Na–Y zeolite catalyst of load 10 wt %.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123023000634Delonix regiaCatalytic pyrolysisTGANa–Y ZeoliteTiO2+ZnOPt/C
spellingShingle Draksharapu Rammohan
Nanda Kishore
Ramagopal V.S. Uppaluri
Thermogravimetric analysis of pyrolysis of Delonix regia biomass in the presence of zeolite, mixed metal oxides and carbon supported noble metal catalysts
Results in Engineering
Delonix regia
Catalytic pyrolysis
TGA
Na–Y Zeolite
TiO2+ZnO
Pt/C
title Thermogravimetric analysis of pyrolysis of Delonix regia biomass in the presence of zeolite, mixed metal oxides and carbon supported noble metal catalysts
title_full Thermogravimetric analysis of pyrolysis of Delonix regia biomass in the presence of zeolite, mixed metal oxides and carbon supported noble metal catalysts
title_fullStr Thermogravimetric analysis of pyrolysis of Delonix regia biomass in the presence of zeolite, mixed metal oxides and carbon supported noble metal catalysts
title_full_unstemmed Thermogravimetric analysis of pyrolysis of Delonix regia biomass in the presence of zeolite, mixed metal oxides and carbon supported noble metal catalysts
title_short Thermogravimetric analysis of pyrolysis of Delonix regia biomass in the presence of zeolite, mixed metal oxides and carbon supported noble metal catalysts
title_sort thermogravimetric analysis of pyrolysis of delonix regia biomass in the presence of zeolite mixed metal oxides and carbon supported noble metal catalysts
topic Delonix regia
Catalytic pyrolysis
TGA
Na–Y Zeolite
TiO2+ZnO
Pt/C
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123023000634
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