Abstract
In this study, the pyrolysis and combustion of a binary mixture of most waste polymers (HDPE and PC) were investigated using MCC measurements at different heating rates of 0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.5 K/s. The non-isothermal kinetic analysis of mixture was conducted for equally mass fraction ratio of 50% HDPE and 50% PC, as well as for individual polymers. The activation energy was calculated by the isoconversional methods (Friedman, Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose, Flynn-Wall-Ozawa). The estimated activation energy on the conversion equals to 0.1-0.95. The Friedman method being more sensitive, as is shown by the variation of decomposition of PC and the first stage for a blend of HDPE/PC. As the equations used in FWO and KAS methods are derived assuming constant activation energy, which produces systematic errors in the estimation of Ea, so they have the same profile but FWO always is higher than KAS.
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