 Syngas production from gasification of brown coal in a microwave torch plasmaYong C. Hong, Sang J. Lee, Dong H. Shin, Ye J. Kim, Bong J. Lee, Seong Y. Cho and Han S. Chang Energy, 2012, vol. 47, issue 1, 36-40 Abstract: Atmospheric-pressure pure steam torch plasma was generated by making use of 2.45 GHz microwave energy and was used in a coal gasification investigation. The steam torch plasma contains also highly active species, enhancing the chemical reaction rate and eliminating the need for catalysts in material processing. Fine coal powders with an average particle size of 70 μm were delivered through a feeder and used in the experiment. The brown coal from Indonesia with ash and moisture content of 38.12% was injected to the steam torch with microwave power of 4 kW. From the experimental data showing the relative concentrations of synthesized gas species versus the ratio of coal to steam for brown coal at the microwave power of 4 kW, the relative concentrations of synthesized gases at a ratio of 1.36 of coal to steam was 48% of hydrogen, 23% of carbon monoxide, 25% of carbon dioxide and 4% of methane. The further increase of coal to steam ratio did not much reduce carbon dioxide concentration. We note that a low-grade coal can also be well gasified in steam plasma torch. Keywords: Gasification; Brown coal; Steam plasma; Microwave (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:47:y:2012:i:1:p:36-40 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.05.008 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
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