Asymptotic solution to the isothermal nth order distributed activation energy model using the Rayleigh Distribution

Abstract

This article focuses on the influence of relevant parameters of biomass pyrolysis on the numerical solution of the isothermal n th-order distributed activation energy model (DAEM) using the Rayleigh distribution as the initial distribution function F(E) of the activation energies. In this study, the integral upper limit, the frequency factor, the reaction order and the scale parameters are investigated. This paper also derived the asymptotic approximation for the DAEM. The influence of these parameters is used to calculate the kinetic parameters of the isothermal n th-order DAEM with the help of thermo-analytical results of TGA/DTG analysis.

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