In order to accurately model the overlapping pyrolysis reactions of phenolic resin, thermal analysis experiment with phenolic resin under five constant linear heating rates is conducted, and a Gaussian peak separation method is proposed. In this method, through the analysis of the differential thermogravimetric (DTG) curves of phenolic resin and the types and contents of the thermal decomposition products at different temperatures, the pyrolysis reactions of phenolic resin are divided into four. The results of peak separation are in good agreement with the experiments, which has important significance on the true determination of the kinetic parameters for the thermal decomposition of phenolic resin. |