@article{scholars6919,
       publisher = {Taylor and Francis Inc.},
          volume = {38},
            note = {cited By 3},
            year = {2016},
          number = {14},
         journal = {Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects},
             doi = {10.1080/15567036.2015.1007404},
           pages = {2065--2071},
           title = {Kinetic modeling and optimization of biomass pyrolysis for bio-oil production},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84980007087&doi=10.1080\%2f15567036.2015.1007404&partnerID=40&md5=38ac213897dbfe4bd5eed1d4d9cb352d},
            issn = {15567036},
        keywords = {Biofuels; Biomass; Computer simulation; Isotherms; Kinetic theory; Kinetics; MATLAB; Newsprint; Optimization; Runge Kutta methods; Sewage sludge, Bio oil; Biomass pyrolysis; Comparative studies; Identical conditions; Kinetic modeling; Non-isothermal condition; Optimum parameters; Thermo-kinetic models, Pyrolysis},
          author = {Mahmood, H. and Moniruzzaman, M. and Yusup, S. and Khan, M. I. and Khan, M. J.},
        abstract = {Thermo-kinetic models for biomass pyrolysis were simulated under both isothermal and non-isothermal conditions to predict the optimum parameters for bio-oil production. A comparative study for wood, sewage sludge, and newspaper print pyrolysis was conducted. The models were numerically solved by using the fourth order Runge{\^a}??Kutta method in Matlab-7. It was also observed that newspaper print acquired least pyrolysis time to attain optimum bio-oil yield followed by wood and sewage sludge under the identical conditions of temperature and heating rate. Thus, at 10 K/min, the optimum pyrolysis time was 21.0, 23.8, and 42.6 min for newspaper print, wood, and sewage sludge, respectively, whereas the maximum bio-oil yield predicted was 68, 52, and 36, respectively. {\^A}{\copyright} 2016 Taylor \& Francis Group, LLC.}
}