• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.47 no.6
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• pp.734-739
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• 2009

Characteristics of pyrolysis, partial oxidation, combustion of chlorella, which is one species of micro-algae, were determined by using thermobalance reactor(I.D. 5.5 cm, Height 1 m). Effect of reaction temperature($500{\sim}800^{\circ}C$), water content in chlorella(0~60%), and oxygen content(0~21vol%) on thermal decomposition of chlorella were also determined and analyzed to investigate the kinetic characteristics of pyrolysis, partial oxidation and combustion. As the temperature and partial pressure increases, the carbon conversion increases. In case of pyrolysis, carbon conversion and reactivity sharply decreased with increasing moisture content. However, carbon conversion and reactivity decreased at 60% water content in case of partial oxidation and combustion. As reaction temperature and oxygen content increased, carbon conversion increased and the combustion reaction rate equation for chlorella has been presented. $\frac{dX}{dt}=(7.41{\times}10^{-1})$exp$\left(-\frac{19600}{RT}\right)(P_{O_{2}})^{0.209}(1-X)^{2/3}$.