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Laser ignition and combustion of pulverized coals

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OSTI ID:257176
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  1. North Carolina A and T State Univ., Greensboro, NC (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
The authors have made direct observation of pulsed-laser ignition and combustion of pulverized coals with high-speed video. The ignition and combustion behaviors of amorphous carbon spheres and an anthracite were as expected for heterogeneous ignition and reaction. Surprisingly, the reaction of a high-volatile bituminous coal and a subbituminous coal was accompanied by two broad emissions of light, as detected with a photomultiplier tube. For these coals, high-speed videos revealed that two successive clouds of burning volatiles surrounded the particles, and each cloud was associated with one of the emissions. The authors present a possible explanation for this finding.
OSTI ID:
257176
Report Number(s):
CONF-950952--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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