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    <completedYear>2022</completedYear>
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    <pageNumber>9</pageNumber>
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    <issue>16</issue>
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    <publisherName>Elsevier</publisherName>
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    <publishedDate>2022-05-05</publishedDate>
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    <title language="eng">Biomass and plastic co-pyrolysis for syngas production: Characterisation of Celtis mildbraedii sawdust as a potential feedstock</title>
    <abstract language="eng">Celtis mildbraedii sawdust (CMS) from Ghana was characterised to investigate its suitability with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for syngas production via co-pyrolysis. The physical and chemical properties assessed include proximate and ultimate compositions, pH value, higher heating value (HHV), and lignocellulosic composition. Also, the thermal behaviour at different heating rates (5, 10, and 20 K/min) and qualitative prediction of organic compounds of CMS were examined using thermogravimetric analysis (TG/DTG) and NIR spectroscopy techniques, respectively. Results of proximate analysis (moisture = 17.15 ± 0.0 wt.%, ash = 1.13 ± 0.4 wt.%, volatile matter = 68.39 ± 0.4 wt.%, fixed carbon = 13.33 ± 0.8 wt.%); ultimate analysis (C = 48.51 wt.%, H = 6.66 wt.%, N = 0.51 wt.%, S = 0.02 wt.%, O = 44.30 wt.%); pH values (cold phase = 7.60, hot phase = 6.30); HHV (15.37 – 18.03 MJ/kg); and lignocellulosic composition (extractives = 13.80 ± 0.57 wt.%, hemicellulose = 21.95 ± 3.89 wt.%, lignin = 17.35 ± 0.35 wt.%, cellulose = 46.90 ± 2.97 wt.%) were obtained. The maximum mass loss was 83.48% at 289.8 °C at 5 K/min. It was concluded that CMS is a highly potential biomass resource for syngas production with an empirical formula of CH1.64O0.69N0.009S0.0001.</abstract>
    <parentTitle language="eng">Scientific African</parentTitle>
    <identifier type="doi">10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01208</identifier>
    <identifier type="urn">urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-4588</identifier>
    <identifier type="issn">2468-2276</identifier>
    <licence>Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International</licence>
    <author>Isaac Mensah</author>
    <author>Julius Cudjoe Ahiekpor</author>
    <author>Nadine Herold</author>
    <author>Edem Cudjoe Bensah</author>
    <author>Alexander Pfriem</author>
    <author>Edward Antwi</author>
    <author>Bright Amponsem</author>
    <subject>
      <language>eng</language>
      <type>uncontrolled</type>
      <value>Celtis mildbraedii sawdust; Physicochemical; Characterisation; Co-pyrolysis; Syngas; production; Ghana</value>
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    <collection role="institutes" number="">Fachbereich Holzingenieurwesen</collection>
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    <thesisPublisher>Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde</thesisPublisher>
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