MODELING CHAR OXIDATION AS A FUNCTION OF PRESSURE ...
MODELING CHAR OXIDATION AS A FUNCTION OF PRESSURE ...
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analysis. The char reactivities (in gram C/gram C remaining/second) between 1” and 2”, 2”<br />
and 4”, 4” and 6” were calculated. These reactivities were then converted to reactivities<br />
based on external surface area using apparent densities calculated from the tap densities of<br />
these chars. Several assumption are made during the conversion of reactivities: 1) The<br />
sizes of the original coal particles range from 45 to 75 μm. The distribution of particle<br />
size is neglected and the diameter of coal particle is taken as the arithmetic mean of the<br />
lower and upper limits, 60 μm. 2) Fragmentation of coal or char particle during<br />
devolatilization or char oxidation is neglected. 3) In the calculation of the factor (actual<br />
reaction rate/the maximum possible rate dictated by diffusion), CO is assumed as the only<br />
surface product of the carbon-oxygen reaction, and the Sherwood number is taken as 2. 4)<br />
The average diameters of chars are calculated using the following equation:<br />
m<br />
m o<br />
= o<br />
⎛ d<br />
⎝<br />
⎜<br />
d o<br />
3<br />
⎞<br />
⎟<br />
⎠<br />
149<br />
(A.2)<br />
where m, and d are the mass (including moisture and ash), apparent density and average<br />
diameter of a char, respectively, while m o, o and d o are the mass (including moisture and<br />
ash), apparent density and average diameter of its parent coal, respectively.<br />
Results<br />
The results of proximate and ICP tracer analysis are listed in Tables A.3-A.6. The<br />
results of elemental analysis are listed in Tables A.7-A.9. Bulk densities, true densities,<br />
and surface areas are listed in Table A.10.