Thermal and Kinetic Studies on Biomass Degradation <i>via</i> Thermogravimetric Analysis: A Combination of Model-Fitting and Model-Free Approach

Abstract

, respectively. The multistep models gave further insight into the different mechanisms across the full degradation spectrum. There was an observed difference between the number of distinct steps/mechanisms for the agriculture-based versus wood-based biomass materials, with pyrolysis occurring in three distinct steps for the agricultural biomass residues while the woody residues degraded in two steps. The difference in the number of distinct steps can be attributed to the composition and distribution of components of the biomass, which would differ based on the nature and source of the biomass.

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