Physicochemical characterization and pyrolysis kinetic analysis of Moutai-flavored dried distiller’s grains towards its thermochemical conversion for potential applications

The physicochemical properties of dried distiller’s grains (DDGs) were measured and the pyrolysis kinetics analysis was experimentally investigated by the non-isothermal thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) at four heating rates of 10, 20, 30 and 40 K min−1. The results of proximate and elemental analysis showed that DDGs contained relatively high contents of volatile organic components (VOCs, 89.4 wt.%) and carbon (47.0 wt.%), and a higher value of...