Overall Reduction Kinetics of Low-grade Pyrolusite Using a Mixture of Hemicellulose and Lignin as Reductant

Manganese is widely used in many fields. Many efforts have been made to recover manganese from low-grade pyrolusite due to the depletion of high-grade manganese ore. Thus, it is of practical significance to develop a clean, energy-saving and environmentally friendly technical route to reduce the low...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yun-Fei Long, Xiao-Yan Lv, Yi-Ju Lv, Yogn-Ni Li, Jing Su, Yan-Xuan Wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers 2015-11-01
Series:Kemija u Industriji
Subjects:
Online Access:http://silverstripe.fkit.hr/kui/assets/Uploads/2-593-602.pdf
_version_ 1818422046264131584
author Yun-Fei Long
Xiao-Yan Lv
Yi-Ju Lv
Yogn-Ni Li
Jing Su
Yan-Xuan Wen
author_facet Yun-Fei Long
Xiao-Yan Lv
Yi-Ju Lv
Yogn-Ni Li
Jing Su
Yan-Xuan Wen
author_sort Yun-Fei Long
collection DOAJ
description Manganese is widely used in many fields. Many efforts have been made to recover manganese from low-grade pyrolusite due to the depletion of high-grade manganese ore. Thus, it is of practical significance to develop a clean, energy-saving and environmentally friendly technical route to reduce the low-grade pyrolusite. The reported results show that biomass wastes from crops, crop waste, wood and wood waste are environmentally friendly, energy-saving, and low-cost reducing agents for roasting reduction of low-grade pyrolusite. Kinetics of the reduction reactions is necessary for an efficient design of biomass reduction of pyrolusite. Therefore, it is important to look for a general kinetics equation to describe the reduction of pyrolusite by different kinds of biomass, because there is a wide variety of biomass wastes, meaning that it is impossible to investigate the kinetics for each biomass waste. In this paper, thermal gravimetric analysis and differential thermal analysis were applied to study the overall reduction kinetics of pyrolusite using a mixture of hemicellulose and lignin, two major components of biomass. Overall reduction process is the overlap of the respective reduction processes. A new empirical equation based on the Johnson–Mehl–Avrami equation can be used to describe the respective reduction kinetics using hemicellulose and lignin as reductants, and the corresponding apparent activation energy is 30.14 kJ mol−1 and 38.91 kJ mol−1, respectively. The overall kinetic model for the reduction of pyrolusite by the mixture of hemicellulose and lignin can be simulated by the summation of the respective kinetics by considering their mass-loss fractions, while a unit step function was used to avoid the invalid conversion data. The obtained results in this work are necessary to understand the biomass reduction of pyrolusite and provide valuable assistance in the development of a general kinetics equation.
first_indexed 2024-12-14T13:20:01Z
format Article
id doaj.art-541d53857a7142f8b338da99c55daedb
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 0022-9830
1334-9090
language English
last_indexed 2024-12-14T13:20:01Z
publishDate 2015-11-01
publisher Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers
record_format Article
series Kemija u Industriji
spelling doaj.art-541d53857a7142f8b338da99c55daedb2022-12-21T22:59:57ZengCroatian Society of Chemical EngineersKemija u Industriji0022-98301334-90902015-11-016411-1259360210.15255/KUI.2015.033Overall Reduction Kinetics of Low-grade Pyrolusite Using a Mixture of Hemicellulose and Lignin as ReductantYun-Fei Long0Xiao-Yan Lv1Yi-Ju Lv2Yogn-Ni Li3Jing Su4Yan-Xuan Wen5School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530 004, P.R. ChinaThe New Rural Development Research Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning 530 004, P.R. ChinaCollege of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541 004, P.R. ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530 004, P.R. ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530 004, P.R. ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530 004, P.R. ChinaManganese is widely used in many fields. Many efforts have been made to recover manganese from low-grade pyrolusite due to the depletion of high-grade manganese ore. Thus, it is of practical significance to develop a clean, energy-saving and environmentally friendly technical route to reduce the low-grade pyrolusite. The reported results show that biomass wastes from crops, crop waste, wood and wood waste are environmentally friendly, energy-saving, and low-cost reducing agents for roasting reduction of low-grade pyrolusite. Kinetics of the reduction reactions is necessary for an efficient design of biomass reduction of pyrolusite. Therefore, it is important to look for a general kinetics equation to describe the reduction of pyrolusite by different kinds of biomass, because there is a wide variety of biomass wastes, meaning that it is impossible to investigate the kinetics for each biomass waste. In this paper, thermal gravimetric analysis and differential thermal analysis were applied to study the overall reduction kinetics of pyrolusite using a mixture of hemicellulose and lignin, two major components of biomass. Overall reduction process is the overlap of the respective reduction processes. A new empirical equation based on the Johnson–Mehl–Avrami equation can be used to describe the respective reduction kinetics using hemicellulose and lignin as reductants, and the corresponding apparent activation energy is 30.14 kJ mol−1 and 38.91 kJ mol−1, respectively. The overall kinetic model for the reduction of pyrolusite by the mixture of hemicellulose and lignin can be simulated by the summation of the respective kinetics by considering their mass-loss fractions, while a unit step function was used to avoid the invalid conversion data. The obtained results in this work are necessary to understand the biomass reduction of pyrolusite and provide valuable assistance in the development of a general kinetics equation.http://silverstripe.fkit.hr/kui/assets/Uploads/2-593-602.pdfPyrolusitereduction-roastbiomass
spellingShingle Yun-Fei Long
Xiao-Yan Lv
Yi-Ju Lv
Yogn-Ni Li
Jing Su
Yan-Xuan Wen
Overall Reduction Kinetics of Low-grade Pyrolusite Using a Mixture of Hemicellulose and Lignin as Reductant
Kemija u Industriji
Pyrolusite
reduction-roast
biomass
title Overall Reduction Kinetics of Low-grade Pyrolusite Using a Mixture of Hemicellulose and Lignin as Reductant
title_full Overall Reduction Kinetics of Low-grade Pyrolusite Using a Mixture of Hemicellulose and Lignin as Reductant
title_fullStr Overall Reduction Kinetics of Low-grade Pyrolusite Using a Mixture of Hemicellulose and Lignin as Reductant
title_full_unstemmed Overall Reduction Kinetics of Low-grade Pyrolusite Using a Mixture of Hemicellulose and Lignin as Reductant
title_short Overall Reduction Kinetics of Low-grade Pyrolusite Using a Mixture of Hemicellulose and Lignin as Reductant
title_sort overall reduction kinetics of low grade pyrolusite using a mixture of hemicellulose and lignin as reductant
topic Pyrolusite
reduction-roast
biomass
url http://silverstripe.fkit.hr/kui/assets/Uploads/2-593-602.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT yunfeilong overallreductionkineticsoflowgradepyrolusiteusingamixtureofhemicelluloseandligninasreductant
AT xiaoyanlv overallreductionkineticsoflowgradepyrolusiteusingamixtureofhemicelluloseandligninasreductant
AT yijulv overallreductionkineticsoflowgradepyrolusiteusingamixtureofhemicelluloseandligninasreductant
AT yognnili overallreductionkineticsoflowgradepyrolusiteusingamixtureofhemicelluloseandligninasreductant
AT jingsu overallreductionkineticsoflowgradepyrolusiteusingamixtureofhemicelluloseandligninasreductant
AT yanxuanwen overallreductionkineticsoflowgradepyrolusiteusingamixtureofhemicelluloseandligninasreductant