TY - JOUR A1 - Anca-Couce, A. A1 - Zobel, N. A1 - Berger, Anka A1 - Behrendt, F. T1 - Smouldering of pine wood: kinetics and reaction heats N2 - A kinetic model of smouldering of pine wood is determined by thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA), describing the reactions of wood pyrolysis, wood oxidation and char oxidation. Thermo-gravimetric experiments were conducted with constant heating rates ranging from 2.5 to 10 K/min in atmospheres of pure nitrogen and mixtures of nitrogen and oxygen (with 20.5%, 8.2% and 4.3% O2). At first wood pyrolysis and char oxidation experiments are carried out in an independent way. Then smouldering experiments are conducted, which combine the two previous reactions with wood oxidation. Finally, the heats of the reactions are determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results are discussed, compared with the literature and the derived kinetic model is presented, which includes five components: three pseudo-components of wood – representing roughly cellulose, hemi-cellulose and lignin – as well as char and ashes. KW - Smouldering KW - Kinetics KW - TGA KW - Biomass PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2011.11.015 SN - 0010-2180 SN - 1556-2921 VL - 159 IS - 4 SP - 1708 EP - 1719 PB - Elsevier Inc. CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-25761 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gluth, Gregor A1 - Zhang, W. A1 - Gaggl, M. A1 - Hillemeier, B. A1 - Behrendt, F. T1 - Multicomponent gas diffusion in hardened cement paste at temperatures up to 350 °C N2 - Diffusional gas transport of a H2/CO2 mixture versus N2 in the pore system of hardened cement pastes was studied at four temperatures up to 350 °C in a Wicke-Kallenbach cell. The pastes possessed separation factors αH2,CO2 from 1.42 to 3.43, i.e. the diffusion of hydrogen took place considerably faster than the diffusion of carbon dioxide. The separation factors depended on the threshold radii of the pastes, smaller threshold radii leading to higher separation factors. The Knudsen numbers of the controlling constrictions of the pore system and the temperature dependence of the effective diffusion coefficients of the gases show that gas transport in these constrictions takes place in the transient regime between Knudsen diffusion and bulk diffusion, smaller constriction widths leading to predominating Knudsen diffusion. It is therefore possible to use cement paste membranes to separate gas components of low molecular weight from higher weight components. KW - Microstructure (B) KW - Mercury porosimetry (B) KW - Diffusion (C) KW - Cement paste (D) KW - Gas separation KW - Pore structure PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2012.02.001 SN - 0008-8846 SN - 1873-3948 VL - 42 IS - 5 SP - 656 EP - 664 PB - Pergamon Press CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-25655 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -