Research Article

Gas-to-Biochar Byproducts of Pyrolysis and Gasification of Star Anise Biomass

Table 1

Common mechanistic functions used in this study [2224].

Reaction modelCode

Geometrical contraction
Contraction areaR2
Contraction volumeR3
Diffusion
One-dimension diffusionD1
Two-dimension diffusionD2
Three-dimension diffusionD3
Four-dimension diffusionD4
Nucleation
Avrami−Erofeyev ()A1.5
Avrami−Erofeyev ()A2
Avrami−Erofeyev ()A3
Reaction order
First-orderF1
1.5-orderF1.5
Second-orderF2
2.5-orderF2.5
Third-orderF3
Nucleation
Power lawP2
Power lawP3
Power lawP4