Kinetic study of the thermal decomposition of high density polyethylene (hdpe) post consumption at different heating rates

The thermal degradation of the post-consumer high-density polyethylene (HDPE) to determine the chemical kinetics is the objective of this research. It was developed through thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) at 5, 10 and 15º C min-1 heating rates, under nitrogen atmosphere at 20 mL min-1 and dynamic c...

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Autores: Palmay, Paúl, Jaramillo-Uvidia, Renee Nickole, Medina, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Central del Ecuador
Repositorio:Revista FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistadigital.uce.edu.ec:article/3132
Acceso en línea:https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/RevFIG/article/view/3132
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:HDPE
cinética
degradación
descomposición térmica
kinetics
degradation
thermal decomposition
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Sumario:The thermal degradation of the post-consumer high-density polyethylene (HDPE) to determine the chemical kinetics is the objective of this research. It was developed through thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) at 5, 10 and 15º C min-1 heating rates, under nitrogen atmosphere at 20 mL min-1 and dynamic conditions from 25 to 900º C. The degradation process data (mass vs time) and the first derivative were obtained from that data and were applied in three isoconversional kinetic models to determine the activation energy: Friedman (FR), Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose (KAS) and Flynn–Wall–Ozawa (FWO), in addition to the reaction model known as Sphere of Contraction (R2). All the described models fit well for the thermoplastics treatment, however, the models that best describe the degradation kinetics for HDPE are the KAS and FWO models, in this models the activation energy were 281, 248 and 232 kJ kmol-1 for 5, 10 and 15º C min-1 heating rates respectively.