Thermo-oxidative characterization and kinetics of tar sands

2011-08-01
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.

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Citation Formats
M. V. Kök, “Thermo-oxidative characterization and kinetics of tar sands,” ENERGY, pp. 5338–5342, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47202.