Abstract
The pyrolysis characteristics of GFRP (glass fiber reinforced plastic) were determined under isothermal conditions at 500-1000 °C using a thermo-balance reactor (TBR) and wire mesh reactor (WMR). The kinetics parameters for the GFRP were derived using the activation energy, of 28.17 kJ mol-1, of frequency factor, 2.12 s-1, and reaction order, of 0.48-0.8. The structural variations in the GFRP char were determined using BET, SEM, and FT-IR techniques. Organic compounds and polymers were decomposed with increasing temperature. The experimental results showed that increasing the temperature and reaction time favored polymer scission at temperature of 600-1000 °C with residence time of 2-10 s.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 40-46 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis |
| Volume | 114 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jul 2015 |
Keywords
- Glass fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP)
- Kinetics
- Pyrolysis
- Thermo-balance reactor
- Wire-mesh reactor