- Author
- Bradbury, A. G. W. | Sakai, Y. | Shafizadeh, F.
- Title
- Kinetic Model for Pyrolysis of Cellulose.
- Coporate
- Montana Univ., MT
- Journal
- Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 23, 3271-3280, 1979
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Keywords
- pyrolysis | cellulose | kinetics | reaction models
- Identifiers
- kinetic models
- Abstract
- It has been shown that the pyrolysis of cellulose at low pressure (1.5 Torr) can be described by a three reaction model. In this model, it is assumed that an "initiation reaction" leads to formation of an "active cellulose" which subsequently decomposes by two competitive first-order reactions, one yielding volatiles and the other char and a gaseous fraction.