BIOMASS COMPOSITION, PROPERTIES, AND CHARACTERIZATION - Biomass as a Sustainable Energy Source for the Future - page 54

FTIR Michelson interferometer

N2 purge

TGA analyzer

Detector

IR
source

Reference and sample
crucibles

Mass flow
controller

Car rier ga s :
He

Volatiles
Volatiles

Helium

Gas cell:
2 m opt. path length
heated at 150°C

Transfer heated line at 150°C

Furnace:
Up to 100 °C/min
and 1500 °C

To vent

Air

FIGURE 2.8 System of a TGA coupled to gas analysis using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.
(Source: Reproduced (adapted) with permission from Giuntoli et al. (2009). © American Chemical Society.)