TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vamvuka, Despina
AU  - Sfakiotakis, Stelios
AU  - Patlaka, Elpida
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/01/24
TI  - Experimental Study and Kinetic Modeling of Agro-Industrial Wastes for Conversion to Fuel Gas via the Boudouard Reaction
JO  - Journal of Energy and Power Technology
SP  - 004
VL  - 07
IS  - 01
AB  - Independent parallel reactions (IPR) and distributed activation energy (DAEM) kinetic models were developed and compared for the combined pyrolysis-gasification of two agro-industrial waste materials. The aim was to recycle greenhouse gas carbon dioxide for mitigating emissions, to evaluate the thermal behavior, reactivity, conversion and product composition in terms of structural/chemical characteristics of the fuels, and to provide accurate kinetic parameters useful in the scaling-up of the process. The experiments were conducted in a thermogravimetric system, coupled with a mass spectrometer. Both models accurately represented the pyrolysis process by three first-order reactions with deviation values ranging from 1.6% to 2.4%. For the gasification process, one pseudo-component described the process successfully, with deviation values of 2.3-5%. The IPR model provided a superior fit. Activation energy values estimated by the DAEM model were higher than those predicted by the IPR model.
SN  - 2690-1692
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/jept.2501004
DO  - 10.21926/jept.2501004
ID  - Vamvuka2025
ER  -