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book/content/modelling/09_pyrolysis/01_fundamentals.ipynb

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"# Fundamentals\n",
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"As stated in section 1.1, pyrolysis describes the emission of gases out of the solid material. It is the thermal decomposition of materials by heat under inert atmosphere. Whereby thermal decomposition is defined as a process of extesive chemical species change caused by heat. The gases released from the solid may afterwards react with oxygen, this reaction is not part of the pyrolysis. \n",
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"As stated in section 1.1, pyrolysis describes the emission of gases from the solid material. It is the thermal decomposition of materials under inert atmosphere. Whereby thermal decomposition is defined as a process of extesive chemical species change caused by heat. The gases released from the solid may afterwards react with oxygen, this reaction is not part of the pyrolysis. \n",
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"## Studying pyrolysis with the TGA\n",
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"In a TGA a small amount of sample mass is placed in a crucible. This crucible is placed in the TGA. During the measurement the device will be heated up with a specified heating rate (e.g. 5K/min), while the mass loss of the sample is measured. This can be done under different atmosphere, typically experiments are ran either under inert atmosphere (e.g. nitrogen or Argon) or under synthetic air. The measurement will give the massloss as function of time. This can be used to determine the massloss rate as function of temperature, which can be used to determine the kinetic parameters of the material. \n",
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"In a TGA a small amount of sample mass is placed in a crucible. This crucible is placed in the TGA. During the measurement the device will heat with a specified heating rate (e.g. 5K/min), while the mass loss of the sample is measured. This can be done under different atmospheres, typically experiments are done either under inert atmosphere (e.g. nitrogen or argon) or under synthetic air. The measurement will give the mass loss as function of time. This can be used to determine the massloss rate as function of temperature, which can be used to determine the kinetic parameters of the material. \n",
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"## Arrhenius equation \n",
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"Suppose an amount of one specific material is completly converted to gaseous fuel with one reaction. This pyrolysis reactio ca than be described by a rate equation and the Arrhenius equation:\n",
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"To describe a pyrolysis process Arrhenius equations are usually used. Suppose an amount of one specific material (X) is completly converted to gaseous fuel with one reaction. This pyrolysis reaction can than be described by a rate equation and the Arrhenius equation:\n",
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"where k is the rate constant and X is the amount of material that takes part is the reaction. The kinetic parameters are \n",
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"where k is the rate constant and X is the amount of material that takes part in the reaction. The kinetic parameters are \n",
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"There are several ways to model pyrolysis in fds. The simplest way is to specify the heat release rate. In this case the pyrolising sample will be modeled as ejection of gaseous fuel from the surface. \n",
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"However fds, also allows for more complex pyrolysis modelling. Every material described in the fds input file can undergo multiple reactions. The amount of reaction should be specified by N_REACTIONS for every material. For every single reaction the reaction parameters, the created solid material, released gas species,... should be specified in the input file.\n",
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"However fds, also allows for more complex pyrolysis modelling. Every material described in the fds input file can undergo multiple reactions. The amount of reactions should be specified by N_REACTIONS for every material. For every single reaction the reaction parameters, the created solid material, the released gas species,... should be specified in the input file.\n",
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book/content/modelling/09_pyrolysis/02_example.ipynb

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"The cone calorimeter is one of the device often used in fire safety science. A picture of a cone device can be seen in figure 2. A sample is placed under a cone shaped heater. The heater will induce a certain heat flux to the sample, causing the sample to pyrolysis or to burn. During the experiment the mass loss of the sample is measured. Additionaly a gasanalyser is used to measure the CO, CO$_2$ amd O$_2$ concentration released/consumed by the sample. This allows for the determination of the heat release rate of the sample by the Janssens method. Usually the sample is placed in holder with frame, as pictured in figure 3. The space between the bottom of the holder and the sample is usually filled with isolation, although experiments with other filling materials are also possible. \n",
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"The cone calorimeter is one of the experimental set-ups used in fire safety science. A picture of a cone calorimeter can be seen in figure {numref}`fig-pyrolysis-Cone`. A sample is placed under a cone shaped heater. The heater will induce a certain heat flux to the sample, causing the sample to pyrolyse or to burn. During the experiment the mass loss of the sample is measured. Additionally a gasanalyser is used to measure the CO, CO$_2$ amd O$_2$ concentrations released/consumed by the sample. This allows for the determination of the heat release rate of the sample by the Janssens method. Usually the sample is placed in a holder with frame. The space between the bottom of the holder and the sample is usually filled with isolation, although experiments with other filling materials are also possible. \n",
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":::{figure-md} fig-pyrolisis-cone\n",
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"The goal of this exercise is to simulate a gasification experiment done by the aalto university. The data can be found in the MaCFP database: https://github.com/MaCFP/matl-db/tree/master/Non-charring/PMMA/Aalto. TGA data will be used to determine the parameters needed for the gasification experiment. "
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"The goal of this exercise is to simulate a gasification experiment done by the Aalto university. The data can be found in the MaCFP database: https://github.com/MaCFP/matl-db/tree/master/Non-charring/PMMA/Aalto. TGA data will be used to determine the parameters needed for the gasification experiment. "
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"For simulating the gasification experiment, the following fds file will be used as a starting point: {download}`Gasification.fds`, more information on this set-up can be found in the fds userguide part 11.5. Instead of describing the reaction parameters by A and E, we will use the parameter REFERENCE_TEMPERATURE. This is the temperature at which the main reaction peak is located, as is indicated in figure {numref}`fig-fds-parameter-REFERENCE_TEMPERATURE`. FDS will than calculate A and E based on this temperature.\n",
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"* Use the provided TGA data, to determine the reference temperature and rate. For this part of the task you only have to take into account the main peak. Note: the total mass of the sample was 8.45 mg.\n",
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"* Before comparing you gasifications results with the experimental results from the Aalto university, compare the TGA data you get from the simulation with the original TGA data. This can be done by specifying the following parameters in the SURF line:\n",
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