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Thermogravimetric investigation on co-combustion characteristics and kinetics of antibiotic filter residue and vegetal biomass

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Antibiotic filter residue (AFR) is a typical deep-utilized biomass waste residue with high yield, which is difficult to burn be individually utilized as fuel due to its poor combustion characteristics. The co-combustion of AFR with vegetal biomass is likely to be an effective approach to enhance the combustion performance of AFR, while the co-firing mechanism and kinetics have yet to be fully understood. The present study aimed to investigate the co-combustion characteristics and kinetics of antibiotic filter residue and vegetal biomass (forestall biomass and agricultural biomass) by thermogravimetric experiments and kinetics analysis. The experimental results showed that the co-firing of AFR with peanut shell and poplar improved the combustion characteristics of AFR. Kinetic analysis indicated that the optimal solid-phase reaction models of the blend combustion were diffusion models. The specific form of the reaction function varied with the type and mass fraction of the blends. The present study can provide an improved understanding of the clean and efficient utilization of antibiotic filter residue by co-combustion.

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The authors acknowledged the financial support from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019T120286), the State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse Foundation (PCRRF18009), and the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (2019JM-067).

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Wang, C., **, L., Wang, Y. et al. Thermogravimetric investigation on co-combustion characteristics and kinetics of antibiotic filter residue and vegetal biomass. J Therm Anal Calorim 147, 925–938 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-020-10280-2

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