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    Experimental Investigation of the Combustion of Bituminous Coal in Air and O2/CO2 Mixtures: 1. Particle Imaging of the Combustion of Coal and Char

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    Zhang, L.
    Binner, E.
    Chen, L.
    Qiao, Y.
    Li, Chun-Zhu
    Bhattacharya, S.
    Ninomiya, Y.
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Zhang, Lian and Binner, Eleanor and Chen, Luguang and Qiao, Yu and Li, Chun-Zhu and Bhattacharya, Sankar and Ninomiya, Yoshihiko. 2010. Experimental Investigation of the Combustion of Bituminous Coal in Air and O2/CO2 Mixtures: 1. Particle Imaging of the Combustion of Coal and Char. Energy & Fuels. 24 (9): pp. 4803-4811.
    Source Title
    Energy & Fuels
    DOI
    10.1021/ef100314k
    ISSN
    08870624
    School
    Curtin Centre for Advanced Energy Science and Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37630
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    Abstract

    Combustion of a low-volatile bituminous coal in air versus two O2/CO2 mixtures (21/79 and 27/73, v/v) was conducted at two furnace temperatures of 800 and 1000 °C in a lab-scale drop tube furnace (DTF). Through in situ photographic observation and measurement of overall coal burnout rate, CO emission profile, and unburnt char properties, a variety of distinct phenomena relating to oxy-fuel combustion has been revealed. Consistent with the literature, the significant thermal effect of CO2 due to its large product of Cpρ (specific heat capacity and density) relative to that of N2 retarded volatile ignition in the two O2/CO2 mixtures. As a result, the volatiles released in O2/CO2 remained as a thick protective sheath on char surface for a relatively long duration, which mainly converted into CO through partial oxidation in 21% O2/79% CO2.Increasing the O2 fraction to 27% in CO2 triggered the ignition/oxidation of the unburnt volatiles once their concentrations were critically accumulated on char surface in a relatively low position in the DTF. Char oxidation behavior in the late stages of the DTF was also greatly changed under oxy-fuel conditions. Due to an insufficient O2 in char particle vicinity, the partial oxidation and even gasification of char to CO were favored during oxy-firing, which yielded less enthalpy heat and hence lowered char particle temperature substantially. Char consumption rate was, however, affected little or even slightly increased. A detailed mathematical modeling is required to quantitatively clarify the oxidation behavior of coal char in the presence of the abundant CO2 in the DTF.

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