Kinetic Study of Horse Manure through Thermogravimetric Analysis

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Title: Kinetic Study of Horse Manure through Thermogravimetric Analysis
Authors: Guo Ren Mong, Jo-Han Ng, William Woei Fong Chong, Farid Nasir Ani, Su Shiung Lam, Cheng Tung Chong
Source: Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol 72 (2019)
Publisher Information: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l., 2019.
Publication Year: 2019
Collection: LCC:Chemical engineering
LCC:Computer engineering. Computer hardware
Subject Terms: Chemical engineering, TP155-156, Computer engineering. Computer hardware, TK7885-7895
More Details: Horse manure contains potential source of bioenergy that can be pyrolysed to obtain bio-oil and synthesis gas. In the present work, horse manure samples collected from the horse stable in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia were analysed through thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) to determine the Arrhenius parameters and thermodynamics properties. TGA was conducted on the horse manure at heating rates of 1, 2, 5, 10 °C/min in a nitrogen-filled reactor. The TGA data was analysed by using three different model-free, non-isothermal methods, namely Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO), Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS) and Kissinger methods. Result shows the temperature for highest conversion of horse manure is within the range of 290.2-329.6 K. The Kissinger method shows the overall average activation energy of 148.47 kJ/mol, whereas FWO and KAS methods show the activation energy at different conversional fractions throughout the process with the range of 176.2-293.6 kJ/mol and 175.6-300.1 kJ/mol. Thermodynamic properties including the pre-exponential factor, enthalpy change, free Gibbs energy and entropy of horse manure during pyrolysis were also determined.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2283-9216
Relation: https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/9574; https://doaj.org/toc/2283-9216
DOI: 10.3303/CET1972041
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/0a782c0eb5174987a2bdff15058e7215
Accession Number: edsdoj.0a782c0eb5174987a2bdff15058e7215
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:22839216
DOI:10.3303/CET1972041
Published in:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Language:English