| Preface |
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1 Some Aspects of General Chemical Kinetic Theories Used in Thermal Analysis |
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1.1 Thermodynamics and Kinetics |
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2 | (1) |
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1.2 Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Reactions |
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1.3 The Arrhenius Rate Law: Temperature Dependency of the Reaction Rate Expression |
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1.4 Temperature Dependency of the Frequency Factor and Activation Energy |
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1.5 Composition Dependency of the Rate Expression |
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1.6 Identification of Rate-Controlling Steps |
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12 | (1) |
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1.7 Nonisothermal Reaction Analysis |
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12 | (5) |
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2 Overview of Thermal Analysis Methods |
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17 | (13) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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2.4 Thermogravimetry and Differential Thermogravimetry |
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19 | (2) |
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2.5 Differential Thermal Analysis and Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
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21 | (5) |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (2) |
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3 Deriving Kinetic Data from Thermal Analysis |
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30 | (17) |
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30 | (2) |
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3.2 Determination of Kinetic Parameters Using Thermogravimetric Data |
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32 | (12) |
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3.3 Determination of Kinetic Parameters Using Differential Thermal Analysis |
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44 | (3) |
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4 Experimental Apparatus and Data Collection |
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47 | (8) |
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4.2 Procedure for Data Collection |
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48 | (2) |
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4.3 Calibration of TG/DTA |
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50 | (1) |
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4.4 Collection of Samples |
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51 | (1) |
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4.5 Errors in Thermal Analysis |
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51 | (4) |
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5 Pyrolysis of the Components of Biomass |
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55 | (47) |
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56 | (8) |
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64 | (17) |
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81 | (21) |
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102 | (49) |
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104 | (2) |
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6.2 Agricultural Residues |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (1) |
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6.4 Thermal Degradation of Natural Biomass Materials |
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108 | (43) |
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151 | (20) |
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7.1 Effect of Plant Storage |
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151 | (1) |
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7.2 Effect of Plant Anatomy |
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152 | (1) |
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7.3 Effect of Growth Conditions |
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152 | (19) |
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171 | (9) |
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171 | (1) |
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171 | (9) |
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180 | (20) |
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9.1 Municipal Solid Wastes and Their Distribution |
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180 | (1) |
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9.2 Recycling of Municipal Solid Wastes |
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180 | (1) |
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9.3 Methods for the Preparation of RDF |
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181 | (2) |
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9.4 Preparation Techniques for Different RDF Types |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (2) |
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9.6 Thermal Degradation and Mechanism |
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186 | (14) |
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10 High-Carbon Solid Fuels |
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200 | (16) |
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200 | (1) |
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10.2 Physical and Chemical Composition of Coal |
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201 | (1) |
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10.3 Some General Facts About Coal Constitution and Its Chemistry |
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202 | (1) |
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10.4 Pyrolysis of High-Carbon Fuels |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (10) |
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216 | (11) |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (1) |
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217 | (1) |
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217 | (10) |
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12 Effect of Operating Conditions |
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227 | (6) |
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12.1 Effect of Heating Rate |
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227 | (1) |
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12.2 Effect of Sample Size |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (5) |
| Appendix A: Proximate and Ultimate Analysis of Fuels |
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233 | (9) |
| Appendix B: Sources of Samples |
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242 | (3) |
| Appendix C: References and Suggested Reading |
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245 | (10) |
| Index |
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