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The influence of crown ether on behaviors of arsenic at different temperatures and residence time was investigated during the pyrolysis of Tuanbo (TB) coal. The modes of occurrence of arsenic were determined by sequential chemical extraction, density fractionation and demineralization. The results indicated that at the same temperature and residence time, the arsenic removal adding dibenzo-18-crown-6 was higher than that adding 18-crown-6, and were all higher than that of TB coal during pyrolysis. When temperature was 850 °C and residence time was 30 min, the arsenic removal of TB coal was 30.63%; at the same condition, the arsenic removal while adding 18-crown-6 was 33.21%, higher than that of TB coal; and the arsenic removal while adding dibenzo-18-crown-6 was 67.41%, significantly higher than that of TB coal. From the results, we can see that adding crown ether can improve the arsenic removal during coal pyrolysis, and especially be conducive to the arsenic which is mainly associated with sulfates & monosulfides and that in stable forms.
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Supported by the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China for New Teachers (20091404120002); the Shanxi Provincial Science Foundation for Youths of China (2011021008-1)
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Wang, BF., Li, LR., Zhu, YM. et al. Study on the influence of crown ether on arsenic behavior during coal pyrolysis. J Coal Sci Eng China 19, 375–380 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12404-013-0318-x
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