Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
College/Unit
Statler College of Engineering and Mining Resources
Department/Program/Center
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Abstract
Water inside coal particles could potentially enhance the interior char–steam reactions during pyrolysis and gasification. This study aims to examine the effects of water contents on the char conversion during the pyrolysis and gasification of Shengli lignite. The ex-situ reactivities of chars were further analyzed by a thermo gravimetric analyzer (TGA). Under the pyrolysis condition, the increase in water contents has monotonically decreased the char yields only when the coal particles were small (μm). In contrast, the water in only large coal particles (0.9–2.0 mm) has clearly favored the increase in char conversion during the gasification condition where 50% steam in argon was used as external reaction atmosphere. The waved reactivity curves for the subsequent char–air reactions were resulted from the nature of heterogeneity of char structure. Compared to the large particles, the less interior char–steam reactions for the small particles have created more differential char structure which showed two different stages when reacting with air at the low temperature in TGA.
Digital Commons Citation
Huang, Yong; Wang, Yonggang; Zhou, Hao; Gao, Yaxuan; Xu, Deliang; Bai, Lei; and Zhang, Shu, "Effects of Water Content and Particle Size on Yield and Reactivity of Lignite Chars Derived from Pyrolysis and Gasification" (2018). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 1372.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/1372
Source Citation
Huang, Y., Wang, Y., Zhou, H., Gao, Y., Xu, D., Bai, L., & Zhang, S. (2018). Effects of Water Content and Particle Size on Yield and Reactivity of Lignite Chars Derived from Pyrolysis and Gasification. Molecules, 23(10), 2717. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23102717
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