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The importance of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) deposit could represent an interesting solution for sustainable and integrated energy valorization in Algerian oasis ecosystem. The objective of this work is to study the thermal behavior, under an oxidative atmosphere of the phoenicicole biomass main constituents related to the dominant cultivar, Deglet Nour. Thermogravimetric analysis is the approach used to study the pyrolysis behavior of this lignocellulosic biomass by the determination of the kinetic constant (activation energy, order of the reaction, pre-exponential factor) and the description of different thermal profiles. The results show that combustion process could be an interesting alternative energy recovery for the phoenicicole biomass. This is explained by the low activation energy which is estimated at an average of 29.06 k J/mol and the low residues generated by the thermoconversion. Furthermore, two types of phoenicicole waste have been identified by their combustion behavior: firstly the lif part characterized by their thermal stability due to the high lignin content and secondly the fruit bunch (ARJ) characterized by a great thermal reactivity.
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Abbreviations
- %:
-
Percent
- \(\Delta \hbox {Mass}\) :
-
Combustion yield (%)
- \(^{\circ }\hbox {C}\) :
-
Degree Celsius
- A :
-
Ash concentration (%)
- AD:
-
Rachis
- \({A}_{\mathrm{f}}\) :
-
Pre-exponential factor (\(\hbox {s}^{-1})\)
- ANOVA:
-
Analysis of variance
- ARJ:
-
Fruit bunch
- C :
-
Carbon mass fraction (%)
- CF:
-
Fixed carbon
- DJ:
-
Palm
- DN:
-
Deglet Nour cultivar
- DTA:
-
Differential thermal analysis
- DTG:
-
Temperature derivative of the mass loss
- E :
-
Activation energy (kJ/mol)
- GH:
-
GHARS cultivar
- HHV:
-
Higher heating value (gross calorific value)
- MJ/kg:
-
Mega joule per kilogram
- n :
-
Order of reaction
- PCA:
-
Principal component analysis
- R :
-
Universal gas constant \((8.314\,\hbox {J/mol}\,\hbox {K})\)
- \({R}^{2}\) :
-
Regression coefficient
- S:
-
Sulphur mass fraction %
- SA:
-
Fruit stalk pruning
- T :
-
Temperature (K)
- t :
-
Time (s)
- TGA:
-
Thermogravimetric analysis
- \({T}_{\mathrm{i}}\) :
-
Ignition temperatures of combustion (\(^{\circ }\hbox {C}\))
- \({T}_{\mathrm{b}}\) :
-
Burnout temperatures of combustion (\(^{\circ }\hbox {C}\))
- URAER:
-
Unit of applied research in renewable energies Ghardaïa
- VM:
-
Volatile matter (%)
- w :
-
Mass of the sample at a particular time t
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Bousdira, K., Bousdira, D., Bekkouche, S.M.E.A. et al. Combustion Study of Phoenicicole Biomass in Algerian Oasis Using Thermogravimetric Analysis: Deglet Nour Cultivar Case. Arab J Sci Eng 43, 2299–2308 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-017-2723-8
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