Abstract
Heterotrophic Chlorella protothecoides cells were pyrolyzed in athermogravimetric analyzer to investigate the pyrolytic characteristics anddetermine the kinetic parameters. Heating rates of 15, 40, 60 and 80 °C-1 up to a final temperature of 800 °C wereused. The pyrolysis reactions mainly took place between 160–520°C with a volatile yield of about 80%. The devolatilization stageconsisted of two main temperature zones (I and II) with a transition at300–320 °C. Crude lipid in cells decomposed at Zone II whileother main components at Zone I. The increase of heating rate caused alateral shift to higher temperatures in the thermograms, a decrease ofactivation energies for the devolatilization stage and an increase of both theinstantaneous maximum and average reaction rates. The difference ofactivation energies between two zones implied that more energy input forlipid pyrolysis seems needed in comparison with other main components.These data are useful for the design, operation, and modeling of thepyrolysis systems for microalgae.
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