Thermo-oxidative characterization and kinetics of tar sands

KÖK M. V.

ENERGY, cilt.36, sa.8, ss.5338-5342, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.06.042
  • Dergi Adı: ENERGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.5338-5342
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Tar sands, Asphaltite, Thermal analysis, Kinetics, PYROLYSIS KINETICS, COMBUSTION, ASPHALTITES, RECOVERY
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this research, non-isothermal kinetics and thermal analysis of Gercus tar sand sample is studied by DSC (differential scanning calorimeter) and TG/DTG (thermogravimetry). Experiments were performed using three different mesh size (20-35, 35-50 and >50) of sample. Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) curves revealed three reaction regions in the temperature range of 20-600 degrees C. On the other hand, thermogravimetry (TG/DTG) curves of tar sand samples at different particle sizes demonstrated three stages of weight loss. Two different kinetic models (Coats & Redfern and Arrhenius) were used to determine the kinetic parameters of the samples and it was observed that the average activation energy values were between 17.5 and 26.6 kJ/mol, for reaction region-II and 126.2-160.1 kJ/mol for reaction region-III, respectively. In order to see the contribution of each region to the overall reactivity of the tar sand sample, weighted mean apparent activation energy of the samples are also determined. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.