Evolution of porous fractal properties during coal devolatilization

Fuel

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 878-884

  Wang, Xiaoliang ^a   He, Rong ^a   Chen, Yongli ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coal char pores; Devolatilization; Fractal

Indexed keywords

COAL; FRACTALS; MERCURY (METAL); PYROLYSIS;

COAL/CHAR PORES; DEVOLATILIZATION;

PORE STRUCTURE;

EID: 38849106802     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2007.05.038     Document Type: Article

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