%0 Journal Article %@ 16609336 %A Lai Fui, B.C. %A Yusup, S. %A Shoaibi, A.A. %A Kannan, P. %A Srinivasakannan, C. %A Sulaiman, S.A. %D 2014 %F scholars:4782 %I Trans Tech Publications Ltd %J Applied Mechanics and Materials %K Activation energy; Argon; Catalysts; Decomposition; Gasification; High density polyethylenes; Kinetic parameters; Mixtures; Nickel; Polyethylenes; Rubber, Gasification process; High density polyethylene(HDPE); Nickel catalyst; Preexponential factor; Rubber seed shell; Synergistic effect; Temperature range; Thermal decomposition behavior, Thermogravimetric analysis %P 251-254 %R 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.625.251 %T Kinetic analysis on catalytic co-gasification of rubber seed shell and high density polyethylene mixtures %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/4782/ %V 625 %X In this paper, the catalytic co-gasification of rubber seed shell and high density polyethylene mixtures (0.2:0.8 weight ratio of HDPE:RSS) are investigated using a non-isothermal thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) system in a range of heating rates of 10, 20, 30 and 50 K/min within the temperature range of 323-1173 K. The argon gas is supplied at a flowrate of 100 ml/min and the steam is generated from superheater at 383 K. The steam is injected at flowrate of 300 μL/hour into the TGA system. A commercial nickel powder is used as the catalyst for the gasification process. The thermal decomposition behavior and synergistic effect of the HDPE/RSS mixture are investigated. The activation energy, EA and pre-exponential factor, A are determined based on one step integral method. © 2014 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. %Z cited By 0; Conference of 3rd International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials, ICPEAM 2014 ; Conference Date: 3 June 2014 Through 5 June 2014; Conference Code:114811