Research Article
A Kinetic Study of Marginal Soil Energy Plant Helianthus annuus Stalk Pyrolysis
Table 1
Proximate and component analysis of H. annuus stalk.
| Characteristics | H. annuus stalk |
| Proximate analysisa/wt% | | Moisture (Mar) | 9.93 ± 0.46 | Ash (Aar) | 4.08 ± 0.01 | Volatile matter (Var) | 72.94 ± 0.42 | Fixed carbonb (FCar) | 13.05 | Component analysis/wt% | | Cellulose | 21.13 ± 1.19 | Hemicellulose | 14.81 ± 0.37 | Lignin | 7.30 ± 1.52 |
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aMass percentage on as-received basis; bcalculated by difference.
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