Long-Term CO2 Sorption on Upper Freeport Coal Powder and Lumps
- National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States)
Powder and lumps of the Argonne Premium Upper Freeport coal were compared in a 9-month-long CO2 sorption-desorption study. On the basis of the slope analysis, CO2 induced the lumps swelling by 7%. The powder swelled by 8% and then rapidly shrank by 3% on desorption. This was verified by a "single point" injection of helium and the pressure-and-density technique, which was sufficiently sensitive. Low-pressure Langmuir-fit parameters suggest that the microporous textures of the powder and lumps are similar. The samples demonstrated greatly increased sticking coefficients and a slightly larger number of the "sorption ready" sites, after the CO2-induced swelling and structural rearrangement resulted in variable degrees of the matrix shrinkage. No permanent changes in the void volume and dry mass were detected after complete desorption. The observed hysteresis in sorption-desorption behavior of both samples upon the approach to the CO2 density fluctuation ridge is interpreted as a contribution of condensation and coalescence of CO2 clusters in mesopores. The differences between the two samples in the magnitude of the enhanced capillary condensation, with or without dissolution, demonstrate the importance of changes in mesoporous texture caused by grinding of coal lumps into powder.
- Research Organization:
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy (FE)
- OSTI ID:
- 1014890
- Report Number(s):
- NETL-TPR-1884
- Journal Information:
- Energy and Fuels, Vol. 22, Issue 2; ISSN 0887-0624
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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