Design, calibration and testing of a new macro-thermogravimetric analyzer

Catalytic Pyrolysis of High-Density Polyethylene: Decomposition Efficiency and Kinetics

“…Thermogravimetric analysis was performed using the DANTE experimental device [18] shown in Figure 9. The large capacity thermobalance was equipped with a camera, to observe phenomena that may affect the measurements, and multiple thermal sensors that do not impact the weighing.…”

“…The large capacity thermobalance was equipped with a camera, to observe phenomena that may affect the measurements, and multiple thermal sensors that do not impact the weighing. The complete setup included a 1500 mm long Haynes 214 alloy tube, 155 mm in diameter, which can be heated by a furnace up to 1200 °C; a crucible containing the sample suspended from a hollow alumina rod, through which a thermopile (with up to eight thermocouples) was connected to a load cell in the upper chamber; an array of 13 thermocouples in the lower part of the furnace, arranged in the shape of a cross Thermogravimetric analysis was performed using the DANTE experimental device [18] shown in Figure 9. The large capacity thermobalance was equipped with a camera, to observe phenomena that may affect the measurements, and multiple thermal sensors that do not impact the weighing.…”