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pressure on reaction rates; and it insufficiently reflects the change of reaction order (which<br />

means it insufficiently models reaction rates as a function of oxygen partial pressure).<br />

The use of the intrinsic Langmuir rate equation eliminates these difficulties. The increase<br />

of adjustable parameters is a cost for all these advantages. In addition, as understanding<br />

of the pore structures of chars grows, the uncertainties with pore structure parameters<br />

will reduce over time.<br />

Table 7.9. Parameters and Assumptions (If Any) Used in the HP-CBK Model<br />

Data Set<br />

Parameters<br />

A1p<br />

Ranish and<br />

Walker (1993)<br />

6.29 × 10 8<br />

mol C/(gC<br />

remaining)/sec/<br />

atm<br />

Banin et al.<br />

(1997)<br />

2.26 × 10 11<br />

mol/cm 3 /sec/<br />

atm<br />

118<br />

Mathias (1996) Monson (1992) This study<br />

(Conditions #2)<br />

N/I N/I 2.34 × 10 6<br />

mol/cm 3 /sec/<br />

atm<br />

E1p (kcal/mol) 51.1 46.5 N/I N/I 36.6<br />

Ap (atm -1 ) 13.4 1.67 × 10 4<br />

N/I N/I 9.11 × 10 4<br />

Ep (kcal/mol) 10.1 18.8 N/I N/I 8.5<br />

A0 =A1p/Ap N/I N/I 0.75<br />

mol/cm 3 2.42 × 10<br />

/sec<br />

3<br />

mol/cm 3 /sec<br />

E0 = E1p - Ep<br />

(kcal/mol)<br />

N/I N/I 18.2 21.7<br />

rp1<br />

N/A (non- N/A (mono- Large enough 200 nm (Pre- Calculated<br />

porous)disperse) so that Knuden<br />

diffusion can<br />

be neglected.<br />

set)<br />

rp2<br />

N/A (non- 1.08 nm * * Effects assumed<br />

porous)<br />

negligible.<br />

M<br />

N/A (non- N/A (mono- 0.28 0.25 0.3 (assumed)<br />

porous)disperse) Total number of<br />

adjustables<br />

4 5 3 3 4<br />

CO/CO2 ratio N/A** CO is the<br />

only product†<br />

‡ ‡ ‡<br />

Note: N/A stands for “Not applicable”; N/I stands for “Not independent”.<br />

* Effects of micropores are negligible.<br />

** No CO/CO2 ratio is needed since particle temperatures are known.<br />

† Particle temperatures are between 1480 and 2850 K. CO can be assumed as the only product with<br />

little error at such high temperatures.<br />

‡ 4.0 × 10 4 exp(-30000/1.987/Tp)

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