Char characteristics and particulate matter formation during Chinese bituminous coal combustion
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan (China). State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion
The characteristics of char particles and their effects on the emission of particulate matter (PM) from the combustion of a Chinese bituminous coal were studied in a laboratory-scale drop tube furnace. The raw coal was pulverized and divided into three sizes, {lt}63, 63-100, and 100-200 {mu}m. These coal samples were subjected to pyrolysis in N{sub 2} and combusted in 20 and 50% O{sub 2} at 1373, 1523, and 1673 K, respectively. Char samples were obtained by glass fiber filters with a pore size of 0.3 {mu}m, and combustion-derived PM was size-segregated by a low pressure impactor (LPI) into different sizes ranging from 10.0 to 0.3 {mu}m. The characteristics of char particles, including particle size distribution, surface area, pore size distribution, swelling behavior and morphology property, were studied. The results show that, coal particle size and pyrolysis temperature have significant influence on the char characteristics. The swelling ratios of char samples increase with temperature increasing from 1373 to 1523 K, then decrease when the temperature further increases to 1623 K. At the same temperature, the swelling ratios of the three size fractions are markedly different. The finer the particle size, the higher the swelling ratio. The decrease of swelling ratio at high temperature is mainly attributed to the high heating rate, but char fragmentation at high temperature may also account for the decrease of swelling ratio. The supermicron particles (1-10 {mu}m) are primarily spherical, and most of them have smooth surfaces. Decreasing coal particle size and increasing the oxygen concentration lead to more supermicron-sized PM formation. The influence of combustion temperature on supermicron-sized PM emission greatly depends on the oxygen concentration. 19 refs., 7 figs., 2 tabs.
- OSTI ID:
- 20905872
- Journal Information:
- Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, Issue 2; Conference: 31. international symposium on combustion, Heidelberg (Germany), 5-11 Aug 2006; Other Information: mhxu@mail.hust.edu.cn; ISSN 1540-7489
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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