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ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 99, Issue -, Pages 112-118Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.04.026
Keywords
Co-combustion; Paper mill sludge; Municipal solid waste; Thermogravimetric analysis; Kinetics
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- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2011CB201500, 20130228100]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51406058]
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Energy Utilization [2013A061401005]
- Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Energy Utilization of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, South China University of Technology [KLB10004]
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The thermal characteristics and kinetics of paper mill sludge (PMS), municipal solid waste (MSW) and their blends in the combustion process were investigated in this study. The mass percentages of PMS in the blends were 10%, 30%, 50%, 70% and 90%, respectively. The experiments were carried out at different heating rates (10 degrees C/min, 20 degrees C/min and 30 degrees C/min) and the temperature ranged from room temperature to 1000 degrees C in a thermogravimetric simultaneous thermal analyzer. The results suggested that the ignition temperature and burnout temperature of MSW were lower than that of PMS, and the mass loss rate of MSW was larger especially at low temperatures. There were only two mass loss peaks in the differential thermogravimetry (DTG) curve, while three mass loss peaks were observed when the blending ratios of PMS were 30%, 50%, 70%. The value of the comprehensive combustion characteristic index of the blends indicated a good combustibility when the percentage of PMS (PPMS) in the blends was less than 30%. There existed certain interaction between the combustion process of PMS and MSW, especially at high temperature stage. Activation energy (E) value obtained by the Ozawa-Flynn-Wall (OFW) method and the Starink method were very consistent. When the mass percentage of PMS in the blends was 80%, the E average value attained the minimum. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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