Effect of industrial microwave irradiation on the physicochemical properties and pyrolysis characteristics of lignite

Autor: Jianhua Yan, Qunxing Huang, Yong Chi, Zhou Guoshun, Hui Tong, Ben Yu
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 26:1171-1178
ISSN: 1004-9541
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2017.11.002
Popis: The surface functional groups and pyrolysis characteristics of lignite irradiated by microwave were comparatively studied to evaluate the feasibility of using industrial 915 MHz for lignite drying. The drying kinetics, micro structure, chemical functional groups, re-adsorption properties, and pyrolysis characteristics of the dried coal were respectively analyzed. Results indicated that for typical Chinese lignite studied in this paper, 915 MHz microwave drying was 7.8 times faster than that of the hot air drying. After industrial microwave drying, the sample possessed much higher total specific surface area and specific pore volume than that of air dried sample. The oxygen functional groups and re-adsorption ratio of microwave irradiated coal decreased, showing weakened hydrophilicity. Moreover, during the pyrolysis of the coal dried by hot air and microwave, the yield of tar largely increased from 1.3% to 8.5% and the gas production increased correspondingly. The composition of the tar was also furtherly analyzed, results indicated that Miscellaneous hydrocarbons (HCs) were the main component of the tar, and microwave irradiation can reduce the fraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from 26.4% to 22.7%.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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