Liu NA, Fan WC, Dobashi R, Lin QZ (2001) New mass loss kinetic model for thermal decomposition of biomass. Chinese Science Bulletin 46(16), 1398-1402. [In English]

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biomass; mass loss kinetics; thermal decomposition; cellulose pyrolysis; almond shells; wood;

Abstract: Based on non-isothermal experimental results for eight Chinese biomass species, a new kinetic model, named as the "pseudo bi-component separate-stage model (PBSM)", is developed in this note to describe the mass loss behavior of biomass thermal decomposition. This model gains an advantage over the commonly used "pseudo single-component overall model (PSOM)" and "pseudo multi-component overall model (PMOM)". By means of integral analysis it is indicated that the new model is suitable to describe the mass loss kinetics of wood and leaf samples under relatively low heating rates (e.g. 10 degreesC/min, used in this work).