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Calorimetric evidence for the water vapour/coal interaction at low temperature

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Abstract

Calorimetric study shows that at 423 and 523 K, the water vapour/oxidised coal interaction is an exothermic process. It results in the superimposition of a rapid reversible adsorption (also encountered with unoxidised coal) on an irreversible and slow reaction. This later is correlated with a CO2 formation. The enthalpy of the reaction is independent of the amount of CO2 formed. Calorimetry clearly demonstrates that the water vapour reaction proceeds via a true hydrolysis mechanism rather than a catalytic one.

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Kalorimetrische Untersuchungen zeigen, da\ die Wechselwirkung zwischen Wasserdampf und oxidierter Kohle bei 423 und 523 K ein exothermer Proze\ ist. Er ergibt sich aus der überlagerung schneller reversibler Adsorptionsvorgänge (auch bei unoxidierter Kohle) und einer irreversiblen, langsamen Reaktion. Letztere steht für die Bildung von CO2. Die Reaktionsenthalpie ist unabhängig von der Menge des gebildeten CO2. Kalorimetrie zeigt deutlich, da\ die Wasserdampfreaktion über echte Hydrolysemechanismen verläuft und weniger über katalytische.

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Petit, J.C., Fatnassi, J. & Touazi, M. Calorimetric evidence for the water vapour/coal interaction at low temperature. Journal of Thermal Analysis 38, 345–353 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01915499

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