Pipe reactor gasification studies of a south african bituminous coal blend. Part 1 - Carbon and volatile matter behaviour as function of feed coal particle size reduction

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 585-594

  Bunt, J R ^a   Waanders, F B ^b  

^a SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chemical properties; Gasification; Pipe reactor; South African bituminous coal blend

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS COAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL PREPARATION; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; PACKED BEDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PIPE; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; QUENCHING; SCREENING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE; TAR; THERMOCHEMISTRY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

COAL BEDS; COAL BLENDS; COAL CHARS; COAL CONVERSIONS; COAL PROPERTIES; COMBUSTION FRONTS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES; COMBUSTION RATES; FEED COALS; FEED GASSES; GAS FEEDS; GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES; GASIFIERS; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PILOT SCALES; PIPE REACTOR; PROXIMATE ANALYSIS; REACTION ZONES; SOUTH AFRICAN BITUMINOUS COAL BLEND; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; ULTIMATE ANALYSIS; VISUAL INSPECTIONS; VOLATILE MATTERS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 58149510317     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.10.019     Document Type: Review

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