Kinetics of Thermal Pyrolysis of High-Density Polyethylene

Authors

  • Ammar S. Abbas Chemical Engineering Department – College of Engineering – University of Baghdad - Iraq
  • Marwa G. Saber Chemical Engineering Department – College of Engineering – University of Baghdad - Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31699/IJCPE.2018.1.2

Keywords:

Thermogravimetric, Kinetic, Thermal degradation, Polyethylene

Abstract

Thermal pyrolysis kinetics of virgin high-density polyethylene (HDPE) was investigated. Thermal pyrolysis of HDPE was performed using a thermogravimetric analyzer in nitrogen atmosphere under non-isothermal conditions at different heating rates 4, 7, 10 °C/min. First-order decomposition reaction was assumed, and for the kinetic analysis Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose(KAS), Flynn-Wall-Ozawa(FWO) and Coats and Redfern(CR) method were used. The obtained values of  average activation energy by the KAS and FWO methods were equal to137.43 and 141.52 kJ/mol respectively, these values were considered in good agreement, where the  average activation energy value obtained by CR equation methods was slightly different which equal to 153.16 kJ/mol.

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2018-03-30

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Abbas, A. S., & Saber, M. G. (2018). Kinetics of Thermal Pyrolysis of High-Density Polyethylene. Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 19(1), 13-19. https://doi.org/10.31699/IJCPE.2018.1.2

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