Biomass valorization of Eichhornia crassipes root using thermogravimetric analysis

Dan Bahadur Pal; Amit Kumar Tiwari; Neha Srivastava; Irfan Ahmad; Mohammed Abohashrh; Vijai Kumar Gupta

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.114046

Biomass valorization of Eichhornia crassipes root using thermogravimetric analysis

Environ Res. 2022 Nov;214(Pt 4):114046. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114046. Epub 2022 Aug 23.

Authors

Dan Bahadur Pal¹, Amit Kumar Tiwari², Neha Srivastava³, Irfan Ahmad⁴, Mohammed Abohashrh⁵, Vijai Kumar Gupta⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, 835215, Jharkhand, India; Department of Chemical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Nawabganj Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
² Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, 835215, Jharkhand, India.
³ Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
⁴ Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Center, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK; Center for Safe and Improved Food, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK. Electronic address: Vijai.gupta@sruc.ac.uk.

PMID: 35998700
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114046

Abstract

Present study focused on the thermo-chemical potential of waste biomass of Eichhornia crassipes or water hyacinth root (WHR). The pyrolysis-kinetic parameters are investigated using thermo-gravimetric analysis at the various heating rates (5, 10, 15, and 20 °C/min). Three model-free techniques, Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO), Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS), and Starink, were used for the thermal kinetic analysis of biomass. The average activation energy for WHR biomass was determined using KAS, FWO, and Starink, with the values of 57.87, 64.69, and 58.27 kJ/mol, respectively. From the study it is observed that the roots of water hyacinth have rich in carbon, oxygen and hydrogen composition around 24%, 70% and 4% respectively. The higher heating value of water hyacinth root was observed around 15 MJ/kg.

Keywords: Aquatic plant; Biomass; Pyrolysis; Thermal kinetics model; Water hyacinth.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomass
Eichhornia*
Kinetics
Pyrolysis
Thermogravimetry