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Measurement of oxygen chemisorption and gasification rates by a pulse technique

Conference · · Prepr. Pap., Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5969609

Chemisorbed oxygen on char has been investigated over several years by many researchers in relation to the gasification mechanism or as an index of the gasification reactivity. Several methods have been developed to measure the amount of chemisorbed oxygen including volumetric, gravimetric, temperature programmed desorption (TPD), and flash desorption methods. The amount of chemisorbed oxygen, or the so called active surface area, measured by these relatively low temperature methods are sometimes far from oxygen adsorbed under reactive conditions. The pulse method has been used to measure reaction rates and to examine reaction mechanisms of solid catalyzed reaction for many years. Recently, this method has been applied to measure the combustion rate of chars or to clarify the mechanism of catalytic gasification. In this paper, the pulse technique is applied to simultaneously measure the chemisorption rate of oxygen, the amount of chemisorbed oxygen, and the gasification rate.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
OSTI ID:
5969609
Report Number(s):
CONF-8904169-
Journal Information:
Prepr. Pap., Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: Prepr. Pap., Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem.; (United States) Vol. 34:1; ISSN ACFPA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English