Thermogravimetric Analysis of Pinus Wood for Kinetic Analysis by Using Coats and Redfern Method

Abstract

Pinus wood is selected for this study because it is freely available near to Punjab in Jammu & Kashmir region. Kinetic studies are extremely useful for the interpretation of reaction mechanism and catalytic phenomenon, optimization, behavior on molecular basis and build-out of new chemical processes. This study is highly focused to characterize the pinus wood by using proximate analysis, FTIR analysis, calorific value and TGA. In this study kinetics evaluation performed by using Coats and Redfern method, this method is non-isothermal type and throughout this study it was observed that pinus wood has the high thermal stability and it can be used for the applications for the production of clean and eco-friendly energy.