Advances in the development of wire mesh reactor for coal gasification studies - article no. 084102

Journal Article · Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2968714· OSTI ID:21107531

Zeng, C; Chen, L; Liu, G; Li, W H; Huang, B M; Zhu, H D; Zhang, B; Zamansky, V ^[1]

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1. GE Global Research Shanghai, Shanghai (China)

In an effort to further understand the coal gasification behavior in entrained-flow gasifiers, a high pressure and high temperature wire mesh reactor with new features was recently built. An advanced LABVIEW-based temperature measurement and control system were adapted. Molybdenum wire mesh with aperture smaller than 70 {mu} m and type D thermocouple were used to enable high carbon conversion ({gt}90%) at temperatures {gt}1000 {sup o}C. Gaseous species from wire mesh reactor were quantified using a high sensitivity gas chromatography. The material balance of coal pyrolysis in wire mesh reactor was demonstrated for the first time by improving the volatile's quantification techniques.

• OSTI ID: 21107531
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 79, Issue 8; ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL GASIFICATION
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
ENTRAINMENT
CHEMICAL REACTORS
WIRES
MOLYBDENUM
THERMOCOUPLES