Gasification kinetic analysis of the three pseudocomponents of biomass-cellulose, semicellulose and lignin

• Kinetic analysis of the pseudocomponents of biomass were investigated.
• Two reaction stages were investigated for semicellulose and lignin.
• The Multi-peaks method was used to fit the Gaussian distribution model.
• Friedman method and master plot method were used to determine the kinetic model.

The gasification kinetic analysis of the three pseudocomponents (hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin) of biomass decomposition in the agent of CO2 were investigated. The Multi-peaks method was used to fit the Gaussian distribution model of DTG curves. The Friedman method was used to estimate the effective Eα, and the master plot method was used for the determination of the kinetic model. The results showed that there were two reaction stages for semi-cellulose and lignin. The DTG curves of semicellulose and lignin cannot be fitted by Gaussian distribution model. The Eα were ranged from 80 to 220 kJ mol−1 for the three pseudocomponents. The Fn model could describe the kinetic process of stage I of semi-cellulose decomposition. Both cellulose and stage II of semicellulose decomposition could be described by An model and the two reaction stages of the lignin were fitted the Rn model very well.