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Investigation of thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of Albizia lebbeck seed pods using thermogravimetric analysis
Sakthivel Rajamohan1, Shravan Chidambaresh1, Hemanth Sundarrajan1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India.
Abstract:
Thermodynamic and kinetic studies are very necessary to evaluate the conversion efficiency of biomass to energy. Therefore, this current work reported the thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of Albizia lebbeck seed pods through thermogravimetric analysis, which was carried out at temperatures from 25 °C to 700 °C, and heating rates of 5, 10, 15, and 20 °C/min. Apparent activation energies were determined by applying three iso-conversional model-free methods including Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS), Ozawa-Flynn-Wall (OFW), and Starink. Resultantly, average apparent activation energy values for the three models of KAS, OFW, and Starink were found to be 155.29, 156.14, and 155.53 kJ/mol, respectively. In addition, thermodynamic triplets such as enthalpy, Gibbs free energy, and entropy were obtained as 151.16 kJ/mol, 150.64 kJ/mol, and -7.57 J/mol·K, respectively. The above results suggest Albizia lebbeck seed pods could become a potential source for bioenergy production aiming to achieve the sustainable goal and waste-to-energy strategy.
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