Kinetic analysis of the thermal decomposition of Polygonum lapathifolium.

The optimal reaction model for analysis of thermal decomposition of various types of biomasses is currently under debate. Four established models for the kinetic analysis ofPolygonum lapathifoliumwere employed in this study: double extrapolation method, Flynn–Wall–Ozawa method (FWO), distributed activation energy model (DAEM), and global kinetic model. The values of activation energy and frequency factor calculated by global kinetic model are much lower than that of the other three methods. Moreover, it has been demonstrated that the activation energy analyzed by FWO method and DAEM is widely distributed and is not directly related to the heating rates, which are more objective than double extrapolation method and global kinetic model. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]