Influence of Inorganic Additives on Pyrolysis of Pine Bark

This paper investigated the effect of inorganic additives on pine bark pyrolysis using a thermogravimetry instrument. Both thermogravimetry (TG) and differential thermogravimetry (DTG) were performed to a final temperature of 600 degrees C with heating rates of 10, 20, and 50 degrees C/min, respectively, and a nitrogen flow rate of 50 mL/min. Six types of inorganic additives at different loading were tested. The pyrolysis kinetics data of the samples were fitted to the Coats-Redfern model. The results showed that the pyrolysis behavior and kinetics are significantly altered by the additives and are a strong function of the characteristics and concentrations of the additives