%P 251-254
%A B.C. Lai Fui
%A S. Yusup
%A A.A. Shoaibi
%A P. Kannan
%A C. Srinivasakannan
%A S.A. Sulaiman
%I Trans Tech Publications Ltd
%V 625
%T Kinetic analysis on catalytic co-gasification of rubber seed shell and high density polyethylene mixtures
%R 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.625.251
%D 2014
%L scholars4782
%J Applied Mechanics and Materials
%O 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
%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.
%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