Pyrolysis of municipal solid waste: A kinetic study through multi-step reaction models.

The present study endeavors to establish a comprehensive kinetic analysis of Municipal Solid Waste residue pyrolysis. As the sample exhibits four distinct degradation stages, it has been carried out by adopting a multi-step process behavior. Different approaches have been compared, including five isoconversional methods (Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose, Ozawa-Flynn-Wall, Starink, Friedman and Advanced integral Vyazovkin), Mathematical Deconvolution Analysis, and Independent Parallel Reaction Model.