Sustainable valorization of water hyacinth waste pollutant via pyrolysis for advance microbial fuel investigation

Dan Bahadur Pal*, Amit Kumar Tiwari, Nirupama Prasad, Asad Syed, Ali H. Bahkali, Neha Srivastava, Ravindra Pratap Singh, Vijai Kumar Gupta*

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Abstract

Present study has been focused on the bio-energy potential of waste biomass (water hyacinth leaves and its stem). Pyrolysis of both biomasses were investigated at five different heating rates (5–25 °C/min) using thermogravimetric analyzer. For both biomasses, maximum thermal degradation occurred within the temperature range of 200–400 °C, which is the active pyrolytic zone. Three non-iso-conversional (degradation models) including the Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose, Flynn-Wall-Ozawa, and Starink were used to calculate the activation energy of both biomasses. The activation energy was around 92–98 kJ/mol for water hyacinth leaves and 151–153 kJ/mol for water hyacinth stems. The results suggest that these low-cost abundantly available biomasses have a good potential for the production of solid bio-fuel.

Original languageEnglish
Article number137602
JournalChemosphere
Volume314
Early online date6 Jan 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPrint publication - Feb 2023

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Keywords

  • Aquatic plant
  • Biomass
  • Sustainable
  • Thermal degradation
  • Water hyacinth leaves and water hyacinth stem
  • Pyrolysis
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Eichhornia
  • Thermogravimetry
  • Kinetics

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