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Thermal analysis of Vitamin C affecting low-temperature oxidation of coal

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Simultaneous thermal analysis was used to study the influence of Vitamin C as possible chemical additive inhibiting coal oxidation process at low temperature. Some oxidation characteristics of Vitamin C affecting the coal oxidation were investigated at different heating rates. The TG-DSC data show that the impact of Vitamin C on coal oxidation process can be directly evaluated using ignition temperature and critical temperature. Comparison with the effect of water on coal oxidation shows that Vitamin C is more efficient than water. However, the blank experiment conducted with inert α-Al2O3 also suggests that Vitamin C can decompose at about 200 °C, which limits the usage of Vitamin C on inhibiting coal oxidation.

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  1. School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China

    Botao Qin  (秦波涛), Guolan Dou  (窦国兰) & Deming Wang

  2. Key Laboratory of Gas and Fire Control for Coal Mines, Xuzhou, 221116, China

    Botao Qin  (秦波涛), Guolan Dou  (窦国兰) & Deming Wang

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Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 51134020), the Shenhua Group Corporation Limited (No. U1361213), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu (No.BK20141132) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.2014QNB01)

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Qin, B., Dou, G. & Wang, D. Thermal analysis of Vitamin C affecting low-temperature oxidation of coal. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 31, 519–522 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-016-1402-z

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