An understanding of the porosity of residual coal/char/ash samples from an air-blown packed bed reactor operating on inertinite-rich lump coal

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Volumn 95, Issue , 2012, Pages 241-246

  Bunt, J R ^a,b   Waanders, F B ^a   Nel, A ^a   Dreyer, L ^a   Van Rensburg, P W A ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

Author keywords

De volatilisation; Lump coal; Mercury intrusion; Packed bed reactor; Porosity; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; MERCURY (METAL); MICROPOROSITY; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR);

INTERNAL SURFACE AREA; LUMP COAL; MERCURY INTRUSION; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; PACKED BED REACTOR; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE AREA ANALYSIS; VOLATILISATION;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 84859433485     PISSN: 01652370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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