Experimental study on coal pyrolysis to acetylene in thermal plasma reactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 207-208, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-116

  Yan, Binhang ^a   Xu, Pengcheng ^a   Guo, Cliff Yi ^b   Jin, Yong ^a   Cheng, Yi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEAN AND LOW CARBON ENERGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylene; Coal pyrolysis; Hydrogen; Thermal plasma

Indexed keywords

ASH CONTENTS; CARBON CONVERSIONS; COAL CONVERSION; COAL PROPERTIES; COAL PYROLYSIS; COAL RANKS; COAL RESOURCES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIXED CARBONS; GAS PRODUCT; GAS SPECIFIC ENTHALPY; GASEOUS PRODUCTS; MIXTURE ENTHALPY; MULTIPLE PROCESS; NON-COKING COALS; OPERATING CONDITION; OXYGEN CONTENT; PLASMA PYROLYSIS; PLASMA REACTORS; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; RESIDENCE TIME; SIMPLE METHOD; SOLID RESIDUES; SPECIFIC ENTHALPY; THERMAL PLASMA; THERMAL PLASMA REACTORS; THERMAL PYROLYSIS; VOLATILE MATTERS;

ACETYLENE; CARBON; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COAL; ENTHALPY; HYDROGEN; LIGHTING; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS;

COKING;

EID: 84866878106     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.05.111     Document Type: Article

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