Investigation of combustion and co-combustion characteristics of raw and thermal treated bamboo with thermal gravimetric analysis

The thermal behaviour and chemical characteristics of the bamboo species, Bambusa multiplex (BM), sourced from South Africa were investigated using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Torrefaction and low-temperature carbonization conditions were applied to samples of this plant at temperatures between 250 °C and 380 °C. The burning profiles for the raw and thermally treated bamboo samples co-fired with coal A at different ratios of coal inclusion...