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Fate of fuel nitrogen in one-dimensional, subbituminous-coal-dust flames

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OSTI ID:6036183
Experiments on the distribution of fuel nitrogen in two fuel-rich, pulverized-subbituminous-coal/O/sub 2//Ar flames stabilized on a flat-flame burner are reported. The gas-phase concentrations of HCN, NO, NH/sub 3/, N/sub 2/, and the major species as well as the solid-phase nitrogen content were measured as a function of reaction time. Particle and gas temperature profiles were obtained with an infrared pyrometer. Coal nitrogen evolution is more complete in the leaner flame. NO in the leaner flame and both HCN and NO in the richer flame account for most of the early gas-phase nitrogen, but N/sub 2/ predominates later in both flames. A rate constant for coal-nitrogen release determined from the solid-phase nitrogen data is presented.
Research Organization:
Kentucky Univ., Lexington (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
DOE Contract Number:
FG05-82ER75039
OSTI ID:
6036183
Report Number(s):
CSS/CI-83-04; CONF-830358-14; ON: DE83012285
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English