Thermal Degradation and Kinetics of Rice Husk

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dc.contributor.authorSaid, Mahir M.
dc.contributor.authorJohn, Geoffrey R.
dc.contributor.authorMhilu, Cuthbert F.
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-14T15:06:41Z
dc.date.available2016-05-14T15:06:41Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-20
dc.description.abstractThe trend for material and energy recovery from biomass-waste along with the need to reduce green house gases has led to an increased interest in the thermal processes applied to biomass. The thermal process applied to biomass produces either liquid fuel (bio-oil) or gaseous fuel. One of the biomass wastes that are produced in Tanzania is rice husk. It can be used either in pyrolysis and gasification process. In order to undertake a parametric study on the fast pyrolysis of rice husk, it is imperative to establish its thermal characteristics. The paper reports thermal degradation and kinetics of rice husk. The thermal degradation was conducted in a thermo-gravimetric analyzer from room temperature to 1273 K at different heating rates. The rice husk was observed to be suitable for gasification since it contains high ash content of 22.21% and fixed carbon of 12.60%. The suitable heating rate for high degradation of rice husk is 10 K/min, which has peak temperature at 633 K. The resulting activation energy of 180.075 kJ/mol and pre-exponential factor of 2.401E+27 s-1 was determined.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMahir M. Said, Geoffrey R. John, Cuthbert F. Mhilu, (2014), "Thermal Degradation and Kinetics of Rice Husk," International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, Vol. 4 No. 2, 2014, pp. 275-278.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1309-0127
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2037
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Renewable Energy Research (IJRER)en_US
dc.subjectGasificationen_US
dc.subjectKineticsen_US
dc.subjectPyrolysisen_US
dc.subjectRice husken_US
dc.subjectThermal degradationen_US
dc.titleThermal Degradation and Kinetics of Rice Husken_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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