Characterization of porosity via secondary reactions. Quarterly technical progress report, 1 January 1995--31 March 1995
The following was accomplished during the reporting period: Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) data were obtained for Pittsburgh {number_sign}8 coal char samples at various levels of bum-off at the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS) of the Argonne National Laboratory on the small angle diffractometer (SAD) instrument. The Pittsburgh {number_sign}8 samples complement previous SANS data obtained for non-mineral matter-containing phenol-formaldehyde resin char samples. A contrast-matching technique involving the comparison of scattering data for ``dry`` samples with data from the same samples saturated in deuterated toluene, show that the ungasified Pittsburgh {number_sign}8 char has very little closed porosity and, consequently, that pore development during gasification proceeds by the creation of new pores. In the early stages of gasification (< 4.5% burn-off) a pore system with significant microporosity is produced. In later stages of gasification (4.5%--13.5% bum-off) the tendency is to open these micropores, producing a pore system with a broad size distribution. Nitrogen adsorption isotherms (77K) were determined for all the same samples for which SANS data were obtained in order to provide a corroborative check on their porosity characteristics.
- Research Organization:
- Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States). Div. of Engineering
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG22-91PC91305
- OSTI ID:
- 95357
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/PC/91305--14; ON: DE95016674
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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