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Pyrolytic Pathway of Wheat Straw Pellet by the Thermogravimetric Analyzer

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  • Bidhan Nath

    (School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia)

  • Les Bowtell

    (School of Engineering, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia)

  • Guangnan Chen

    (School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia)

  • Elizabeth Graham

    (Physical and Mechanical Properties Laboratory, Central Analytical Research Facility, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia)

  • Thong Nguyen-Huy

    (Centre for Applied Climate Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia
    Faculty of Information Technology, Thanh Do University, Kim Chung, Hoai Duc, Ha Noi 100000, Vietnam)

Abstract

The study of the thermokinetics of two types of wheat straw pellets, T 1 (100% wheat straw) and T 2 (70% wheat straw, 10% each of bentonite clay, sawdust, and biochar), under a nitrogen atmosphere (31–800 °C and 5, 10, and 20 °C/min heating rates) using model-free and model-based approaches by TG/DTG data, revealed promising results. While model-free methods were not suitable, model-based reactions, particularly F n (nth-order phase interfacial) and F2 (second-order) models, effectively described the three-phase consecutive thermal degradation pathway (A→B, C→D, and D→E). The activation energy ( E α ) for phases 2 and 3 ( F n model) averaged 136.04 and 358.11 kJ/mol for T 1 and 132.86 and 227.10 kJ/mol for T 2 , respectively. The pre-exponential factor ( lnA ) varied across heating rates and pellets (T 2 : 38.244–2.9 × 10 9 1/s; T 1 : 1.2 × 10 2 –5.45 × 10 14 1/s). Notably, pellets with additives (T 2 ) exhibited a higher degradable fraction due to lower Eα. These findings suggest a promising potential for utilizing wheat straw pellet biomass as a bioenergy feedstock, highlighting the practical implications of this research.

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  • Bidhan Nath & Les Bowtell & Guangnan Chen & Elizabeth Graham & Thong Nguyen-Huy, 2024. "Pyrolytic Pathway of Wheat Straw Pellet by the Thermogravimetric Analyzer," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(15), pages 1-21, July.
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