GENERAL-MODEL OF COAL DEVOLATILIZATION
GENERAL-MODEL OF COAL DEVOLATILIZATION
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DOI:
10.1021/ef00010a006
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发表时间:
1988-07-01
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影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
DESHPANDE, GV
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作者:
SOLOMON, PR;HAMBLEN, DG;DESHPANDE, GV
A general model for coal devolatilization, which combines a functional group model for gas evolution and a statistical model for tar formation, has been presented. The tar formation model includes depolymerization, cross-linking, external transport, and internal transport. The cross-linking is related to the evolutions of C02 and CH4, with one cross-link formed per molecule evolved. The model predictions compare favorably with a variety of data for the devolatilization of Pittsburgh Seam coal and North Dakota (Beulah) lignite, including volatile yields, extract yields, cross-link densities, and tar molecular weightdistributions. The variations with pressure, devolatilization temperature, rank, and heating rate were accurately predicted. Comparison of the model with several sets of data employing alternative assumptions on transport suggests that assuming that the particle is well mixed (ie the surface concentration of tar molecules is the same as the bulk) overpredicts the transport rate. For 50-mhi particles, assuming that the internal-transport limitation dominates (ie neglecting the external transport) provides a good fit to the data. The rank dependence of tar formation, extract yields, cross-linking, and viscosity appears to be explained by the rank dependence of C02 yields and its associated cross-linking. High C02 yields in low-rank coals produce rapid cross-linking at low temperatures and hence thermosetting behavior, low tar yields, low extract yields, loss of solventswelling properties, and high viscosities. The relative importance of cross-linking compared to bond breaking is, however, sensitive to heating rate, and this effect is predicted by the model. Areas for improving the model include (1) refinement of the internal and external transport assumptions,(2) accounting for hydroaromatic structures and bridge structures besides ethylene, and (3) including polymethylene “guest” molecules.