Thermogravimetric analysis of slow pyrolysis in chicken skin waste
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2-2021
Abstract
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal gravimetric (DTG) were used to study the efficiency of slow pyrolysis of chicken skin waste (CSW) through determining the apparent activation energy. CSW was heated from 50 degrees C to 900 degrees C at 5 degrees C/min, 10 degrees C/min, 15 degrees C/min, and 20 degrees C/min. The CSW was further investigated in pyrolysis using a fixed bed reactor where the maximum production of bio-oil was achieved at 550 degrees C. The crude bio-oil products demonstrated different classes of organic and complex mixture of hydrocarbons compound. The proposed decomposition pathway suggested that most CSW was cracked around 340-440 degrees C even at a low heating rate to produce mostly long-chain hydrocarbons.
Keywords
Thermal decomposition, TGA, DTG analysis, Chicken skin waste, Activation energy, Slow pyrolysis
Divisions
CHEMISTRY,nanocat
Funders
Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia under Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) [FP034-2013A],Universiti Malaya [PG131-2014B]
Publication Title
Energy Sources, Part A
Volume
43
Issue
17
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publisher Location
530 WALNUT STREET, STE 850, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 USA