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Applicability of Fraser–Suzuki function in kinetic analysis of DAEM processes and lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis processes

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In this work, a new method for fitting the conversion rate curves of the distributed activation energy model (DAEM) and lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis process was introduced. The method was based on the curve fitting technique using the Fraser–Suzuki function. Various simulated DAEM processes were analyzed. The results showed that the conversion rate curve of one DAEM process could be described well by a Fraser–Suzuki function. According to the obtained parameters of the fitted Fraser–Suzuki functions, the influences of the DAEM parameters on the conversion rate curves of the corresponding DAEM processes can be quantitatively obtained. The experimental data of the pyrolysis of cotton stalk, oilseed rape straw, and rice straw were fitted by the Fraser–Suzuki mixture model which involves three individual Fraser–Suzuki functions. It has been found that the Fraser–Suzuki mixture model can reproduce accurately the conversion rate curves of the pyrolysis of three lignocellulosic biomass samples. The Fraser–Suzuki mixture model provides an approach to separate lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis into three parallel reactions which link to the decomposition of hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin, respectively.

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Financial support was obtained from School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Grant No. NRC201101). The authors would like to acknowledge Professor Lius A. Pérez-Maqueda for his help in the parameter estimation of the Fraser–Suzuki function and Miss Lu Wang for providing TG data.

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    Zhicai Cheng, Weixuan Wu, Peng Ji, Xiaotong Zhou, Ronghou Liu & Junmeng Cai

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Cheng, Z., Wu, W., Ji, P. et al. Applicability of Fraser–Suzuki function in kinetic analysis of DAEM processes and lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis processes. J Therm Anal Calorim 119, 1429–1438 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-014-4215-3

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