Influence of Pyrolysis Gas on Volatile Yield and CO 2 Reaction Kinetics of the Char Samples Generated in a High-Pressure, High-Temperature Flow Reactor

Vijayaragavan Krishnamoorthy, Yaw D. Yeboah and Sarma V. Pisupati
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Vijayaragavan Krishnamoorthy: John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering and EMS Energy Institute, 110 Hosler Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, PA 16802, USA
Yaw D. Yeboah: Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Florida A&M University—Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA
Sarma V. Pisupati: John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering and EMS Energy Institute, 110 Hosler Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, PA 16802, USA

Energies, 2018, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-24

Abstract: The influence of pyrolysis atmosphere on volatile yield, structural characteristics, and CO 2 reaction kinetics have been examined on chars generated from Pittsburgh No. 8 coal at 6.2 bar pressure and 1100 °C in a high-pressure, high-temperature flow reactor (HPHTFR) in Ar, N 2 , 50 (vol. %) CO 2 and N 2 (i.e., CO 2 / N 2 ) atmospheres. The chars were characterized for volatile yield, thermal swelling ratio, surface area, pore size distribution, crystallite structure, defects to graphitic intensity ratio, and char-CO 2 reactivity. Coal pyrolyzed in CO 2 /N 2 showed higher volatile yield (27%) compared to coal pyrolyzed in argon (~16%) and nitrogen (~19%). Except for volatile yield, there was no significant difference in structural properties for chars generated in different pyrolysis atmospheres. The difference in volatile yield was found to be due to presence of unconverted tetrahydrofuran (THF) soluble tar/soot. The results also showed that the intrinsic reactivity was highest for char generated in N 2 atmosphere and lowest for char generated in CO 2 /N 2 atmosphere. The kinetic parameters (activation energy and pre-exponential factor) for the char-CO 2 reaction were ascertained using nth order model. The activation energies did not differ significantly among the chars generated in different pyrolysis atmospheres. The order of reaction was found to follow: CO 2 /N 2 char > N 2 char ≈ Ar char.

Keywords: gasification; pyrolysis atmosphere; kinetics; high pressure; high heating rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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