Thermal behaviour study of senakin coal and Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) blends during pyrolysis using thermogravimetric analysis
by Azil Bahari Alias; Zulkifli Abdul Rashid; Norazah Abdul Rahman; Wan Azlina Wan Ab Karim Ghani
International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM), Vol. 10, No. 4, 2012

Abstract: Preliminary Thermogravimetric (TG) studies of pyrolysed Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF)-coal blends (20 to 80%) at various heating rates, 20, 40, 60 °C•min-1 have been performed to develop an efficient locally sourced renewable solid fuel. The characteristics of the coal/RDF blends followed those of the parent fuels in additive manner. Among the tested blends, 50:50 blends showed the optimum blend ratio but no synergistic effect was observed between the coal and RDF during co-pyrolysis. However, the kinetic analysis using modified Arrhenius equation indicates the existence synergistic effect between the RDF and coal, which induces lower coal pyrolysis activation energy.

Online publication date: Sat, 13-Dec-2014

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