Table 3.

Pyrolysis characteristic parameters for MB, MF, and IT at the three heating rates (β).

Parameters	β (°C/min)	MB	MF	IT stage I	IT stage II
Initial temperature (Ti，°C)	10	363.3	397.5	216.6	378.0
	20	375.8	414.7	227.3	388.0
	40	402.2	429.5	248.4	422.2
Peak temperature (Tp，°C)	10	438.1	458.9	289.0	459.2
	20	449.7	471.8	304.6	470.2
	40	464.2	483.9	325.0	486.4
Half-peak width temperature range (ΔT1/2, °C)	10	22.0	15.0	35.0	31.5
	20	23.5	16.5	37.5	34.5
	40	24.5	18.5	51.0	51.5
Final temperature (Tf，°C)	10	566.8	480.2	378.0	547.9
	20	581.4	496.3	388.0	607.6
	40	601.3	514.6	422.2	639.3
Peak decomposition rate (−Rp，%/min)	10	16.82	27.25	10.04	2.71
	20	33.46	54.46	21.72	5.14
	40	77.84	110.68	35.98	8.27
Average decomposition rate (−Rv, %/min)	10	4.19	11.96	4.62	0.89
	20	8.69	24.89	10.66	1.83
	40	19.38	55.21	22.18	6.38
Weight loss (Mf， %)	10	86.68	99.24	72.10	19.72
	20	86.88	99.56	72.49	19.81
	40	87.20	99.38	73.18	19.13
Residue (%)	10	13.32	0.76	–	8.18
	20	13.12	0.44	–	7.70
	40	12.80	0.62	–	7.69
Comprehensive pyrolysis index	10	174.35	1181.67	152.71	0.87
(CPI, %3/(min2·°C3·105))	20	636.11	4180.34	646.47	2.97
$\mathit{CPI}=\frac{\left(-R_p\right)\times \left(-R_v\right)\times M_f}{T_i\times T_p\times {\mathit{\Delta T}}_{1/2}}$	40	2875.55	15,793.85	1418.17	9.54