Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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228063 | Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry | 2013 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Thermal degradation behavior of rice straw fibers under isothermal heating conditions was studied. The data were modeled by considering the fiber as one pseudo-component using the Málek method. The kinetic model with reaction order n > 1 [i.e., RO(n > 1) = (1 − α)n] described the degradation process of rice straw fiber fairly well in a temperature range up to about 265 °C. The kinetic parameters used include activation energy of 116 ± 5 kJ/mol, reaction order of 3.0 ± 0.2, and logarithmic value of pre-exponential factor [ln A] of 18.7 ± 0.1 ln s−1. The model obtained can be used to aid the development of straw fiber-engineering plastic composites.
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Authors
Qinglin Wu, Fei Yao, Xinwu Xu, Changtong Mei, Dingguo Zhou,