Pollutants from coal-conversion process. Third progress report, 1 September 1981-31 May 1982

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5274251

Ferrell, J K; Felder, R M

This report focuses on the results of a series of experiments from two smallbatch pyrolysis reactors, using a New Mexico subbituminous coal. The objective of the research to be reported on here was to develop mass balances for the pyrolysis of coal in two small reactors, a batch reactor and a fluidized bed reactor. Detailed tasks are listed below: (1) To design and construct a bench scale batch reactor to study the devolatilization of coals at thermal equilibrium, i.e., at long residence times at a given temperature; (2)To design and construct a bench scale fluidized bed reactor to study the devolatilization of coals at thermal equilibrium; (3) To separate the pyrolysis products, the tars, water, char, and gases, for selective analyses; (4) To determine quantitatively the amount of total volatile matter (tar, water, and gases), released during pyrolysis of the coal as a function of temperature in both the batch reactor and the fluidized bed reactor; (5) to analyze for the composition of the char (solid residue) from the pyrolysis of coal as a function of temperature for both the batch reactor and the fluidized bed reactor; (6) To analyze for the composition of the tar from the pyrolysis of coal as a function of temperature for both the batch reactor and the fluidized bed reactor; (7) To identify gas species and to analyze for each species as a function of temperature in both the batch reactor and the fluidized bed reactor; (8) To compare the pyrolysis products of the batch reactor to the pyrolysis products of the fluidized bed reactor as a function of reactor temperature; and (9) To compare the experimental results of the batch reactor and the fluidized bed reactor to the results obtained by other researchers.

• Research Organization: North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh (USA). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: FG22-80PC30232
• OSTI ID: 5274251
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/30232-T3; ON: DE82016917
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010406 -- Coal & Coal Products-- Pyrolysis & Cracking-- (-1987)
010600* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Properties & Composition
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHARS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDIZED BED
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PACKED BED
PYROLYSIS
PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS
PYROLYTIC GASES
SUBBITUMINOUS COAL
TAR
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WATER