Pyrolysis Characteristics and Kinetic Analysis of Sediment from the Dianchi Lake in China

Table 3

Characteristic parameters for sediment pyrolysis at different heating rates.

Heating rate
(°C/min)	(°C)	(°C)	(°C)	(°C)	(%/min)	(%/min)	(%/min)	(%/min)	(%)
20	112.25	359.85	728.73	/	−2.30	−2.67	−2.54	/	49.56
10	100.78	290.14	650.38	920.67	−2.41	−2.66	−2.55	−1.25	47.71
5	100.01	263.88	637.14	901.56	−2.52	−2.66	−2.56	−1.28	47.44

, , , and : the temperature according to the first, the second, the third, and the fourth weight loss peak, respectively; , , , and : the maximum mass loss rate according to the first, the second, the third, and the fourth peak, respectively; : the residual mass fraction.