Abstract
Soot formed during high temperature pyrolysis or incomplete combustion, has strong effects on human health and the environment, as well as radiation heat transfer during combustion. Most studies on soot formation are focused on gas combustion, while the studies of soot formation during solid fuel combustion are rarely reported. In this study, the formation and properties of soot particles from coal pyrolysis are investigated in a drop tube furnace at 1000–1300 °C. The soot morphology, number size distribution, ignition characteristics, gas composition and soot-ash composition were characterized with transmission electron microscopy, scanning mobility particle sizer, thermogravimetric analyzer, gas chromatography, and energy disperse spectroscopy. The effect of coal rank on soot formation and yield is mainly discussed. The results show that with the increase of pyrolysis temperature, the soot yield increases. The soot yields show no dependent relationship with the coal ranks. Among the five kinds of coal tested (anthracite, lean coal, bituminous coal, lignite, and high sodium coal), bituminous coal has a much higher soot yield (>7.5%) than that of other coals (0.5–2%). The oxidation reactivity of soot particles from high sodium coal pyrolysis is much higher than that from other coals, because of the high contents of alkali and alkaline earth metals in soot particles.
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This work was supported by the National Key Development Plan of China (No. 2016YFC0801904) and the Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Nos. 2017D01A69 and 2017D01B41), Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (No. 2017JZ010).
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Bai, S., Wang, Y., Dai, G., Li, P., Wang, X. (2022). Soot Formation in High-Temperature Pyrolysis of Various Coals. In: Lyu, J., Li, S. (eds) Clean Coal and Sustainable Energy. ISCC 2019. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1657-0_11
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