Nyakuma, B. and Ahmad, A. and Johari, A. and Abdullah, T. and Oladokun, O. and Uthman, H. and Halim, M. (2016) Thermal decomposition kinetics of torrefied oil palm empty fruit bunch briquettes. Chemistry and Chemical Technology, 10 (3). pp. 325-328. ISSN 1996-4196
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Abstract
The study is aimed at investigating the thermal behavior and decomposition kinetics of torrefied oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB) briquettes using a thermogravimetric (TG) analysis and the Coats-Redfern model. The results revealed that thermal decomposition kinetics of OPEFB and torrefied OPEFB briquettes is significantly influenced by the severity of torrefaction temperature. Furthermore, the temperature profile characteristics; Tonset, Tpeak, and Tend increased consistently due to the thermal lag observed during TG analysis. In addition, the torrefied OPEFB briquettes were observed to possess superior thermal and kinetic properties over the untorrefied OPEFB briquettes. It can be inferred that torrefaction improves the fuel properties of pelletized OPEFB for potential utilization in bioenergy conversion systems.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Empty fruit bunches briquettes, Kinetics |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry |
| Divisions: | Chemical Engineering |
| ID Code: | 71706 |
| Deposited By: | Widya Wahid |
| Deposited On: | 16 Nov 2017 06:02 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2017 06:02 |
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