A Comprehensive Review on Thermal Coconversion of Biomass, Sludge, Coal, and Their Blends Using Thermogravimetric Analysis

Table 8

A list of literature pertaining to the thermal coconversion of coal and sludge using thermogravimetric analysis.

Year	Sample	Experimental facility	Blends coal : sludge	Thermal behavior	Medium	Initial mass (mg)	Temperature range (°C)	Heating rate (C/min)			DTGmax^c (%/min)	TDTGmax^c (°C)	Reference
2017	Coal and sewage sludge	TGA-DTG	50 : 50	Cocombustion	Air	15	25–800	20	200	600	0.80	450	[82]
2017	Coal and textile dying sludge	TGA-DSC	80 : 20	Cocombustion	Air	10.5	20–1000	20	536.6	682.7	11.4	605.7	[83]
2016	Coal and sewage sludge	TGA-DTG	40 : 20	Cocombustion	Air	10	20–1000	25	428	800	1.5	550	[90]
2016	Bituminous coal and sludge	TG-DTG	90 : 10	Copyrolysis	N2	25	25–1200	5	475	1200	0.0114	605	[91]
2016	Bituminous coal and sludge	TG-DTG	90 : 10	Cocombustion	O2	25	25–1200	5	505	1105	0.1128	900	[91]
2015	Coal and sewage sludge	TG-DTG	1 : 1, 2 : 1, 3 : 1	Cocombustion	Air	5	30–900	20	200	650	10	450	[92]
2014	Coal and sewage sludge	TG-DTG	10 : 90, 20 : 80, 30 : 70, 50 : 50	Copyrolysis	N2	10	25–1200	30	200	850	0.16	420	[93]
2013	Coal and sewage sludge	TG-DTG	90 : 10	Cocombustion	Air	15	25–1000	10, 40, 100	200	800	0.03	450

a = T_v; b = T_f; c = −DTG_max; d = TDTG_max.