Non-Catalytic and Catalytic Co-Pyrolysis of Delonix Regia and Butyl Rubber Tube Wastes: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Investigations

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dc.contributor.authorRammohan, Draksharapu
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-03T10:40:56Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T10:34:54Z
dc.date.available2023-03-03T10:40:56Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T10:34:54Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionSupervisors: Kishore, Nanda and Uppaluri, Ramagopal V Sen_US
dc.description.abstractThe outline of this dissertation was to investigate the kinetics and thermodynamic insights for the catalytic and non-catalytic pyrolysis of Delonix Regia (DR) and butyl rubber tube (BRT) wastes. The specific objectives proposed in this dissertation were: 1. non-catalytic pyrolysis of DR biomass, 2. non-catalytic pyrolysis of BRT, 3. non-catalytic co-pyrolysis of DR and BRT (1:1 wt. %) wastes, 4. In – situ catalytic pyrolysis of DR biomass, and 5. In – situ catalytic co-pyrolysis of DR and BRT (1:1 wt.%) wastes. For all the stated objectives, the experimental runs were performed with a sample mass of about 6 mg at a temperature range from 25 – 1000 °C between 5 – 55 °C min-1 in an inert (nitrogen gas 40 mL min-1) atmosphere using a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA). Three different types of catalysts, namely zeolite (Na – Y), noble metal on activated carbon (10 wt. % Pt/C), and two–metal oxide (1:1 wt. % TiO2 – ZnO) with loadings from 30 to 10 wt. % were utilized for the catalytic studies. For investigating the kinetic and thermodynamic, several iso-conversional techniques such as Differential Friedman (DFM), Ozawa–Flynn–Wall (OFW), Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose (KAS), Starink (STK), and Distributed Activation Energy (DAE) were applied. The reaction mechanisms were affirmed by Criado’s master plot for all the objectives. Additionally, the pyrolysis performance indices (PPI) were also discussed for all the objectives. From kinetic investigation, the average apparent activation energy (Eα, kJ mol-1) and pre-exponential factor (ko, s-1) were: 202 – 206 and 4.98 × 1017 – 2.04 × 1020, 223 – 245 and 6.82 × 1021 – 2.73 × 1024, 230 – 208 and 2.55 × 1030 – 5.15 × 1026, 182 – 181 and 1.33 × 1016 – 2.10 × 1016 at DR:Na – Y (1:10 wt. %), and 200 – 179 and 3.03 × 1024 – 1.39 × 1019 at DR:BRT:Na – Y (1:1:10 wt. %) ascertained from all iso-conversional techniques for objectives 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively. From thermodynamic investigation, the average change in enthalpy (ΔH, kJ mol-1) and change in Gibbs free energy (ΔG, kJ mol-1) were: 197 – 201 and 183 – 206, 217 – 239 and 185 – 218, 226 – 225, and 180 – 182, 178 – 177 and 176 – 177 at DR:Na – Y (1:10 wt. %), and 175 – 174 and 179 – 184 at DR:BRT:Na – Y (1:1:10 wt. %), determined from DFM technique between 5 – 55 °C min-1 for objectives 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively. Criado’s master plot confirmed the multi–step reaction mechanism for all the objectives during the pyrolysis (catalytic and non-catalytic) of DR and BRT wastes.en_US
dc.identifier.otherROLL NO.196107004
dc.identifier.urihttps://gyan.iitg.ac.in/handle/123456789/2307
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTH-2980;
dc.subjectDelonix Regiaen_US
dc.subjectButyl Rubber Tubeen_US
dc.subjectThermogravimetric Analysisen_US
dc.subjectNon–catalytic Pyrolysisen_US
dc.subjectCo – pyrolysisen_US
dc.subjectCatalytic Pyrolysisen_US
dc.subjectZeolite Na – Yen_US
dc.subjectPlatinum on Activated Carbonen_US
dc.subjectTitanium Oxideen_US
dc.subjectZinc Oxideen_US
dc.subjectIso-conversional (model – free and model – fitting) Methodsen_US
dc.subjectKinetic Tripletsen_US
dc.subjectThermodynamicsen_US
dc.subjectCriado’s Master Plotsen_US
dc.subjectPyrolysis Performance Indicesen_US
dc.titleNon-Catalytic and Catalytic Co-Pyrolysis of Delonix Regia and Butyl Rubber Tube Wastes: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Investigationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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