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Main Title Analysis of volatile products from the slow pyrolysis of coal /
Author Felder, R. M. ; Gilman, F. D.
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Gilman, F. D.
CORP Author North Carolina State Univ. at Raleigh. Dept. of Chemical Engineering.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1984
Report Number EPA/600/7-84/082; EPA-R-809317
Stock Number PB84-230036
Subjects Coal--United States--Testing ; Pyrolysis ; Coal--Testing
Additional Subjects Coal ; Pyrolysis ; Volatility ; Gas analysis ; Air pollution control ; Fluidized bed processing ; Beds(Process engineering) ; Laboratory equipment ; Hazardous materials ; Chemical reactions ; Quality control ; Sampling ; Performance evaluation ; Design criteria ; Combustion products ; Chemical analysis ; Temperature ; Process charting ; Coal gasification ; Industrial wastes ; Air pollution detection ; Coal liquefaction
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NTIS  PB84-230036 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 90 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
The report gives results of a study of the evolution of volatile matter from coals of various rank during fixed-and fluid-bed pyrolysis. The pyrolyses were performed at temperatures ranging from 400 to 1000 C and with heating rates ranging from 1.5 to 6.0 C/s. Effects of equilibrium temperature, heating rate, coal rank, and reactor design on weight loss, elemental volatilization, gas species production and product composition, and tar/gas production ratios were examined. Lignite, sub-bituminous, and bituminous coals exhibited the same weight loss versus temperature profiles at slow pyrolysis rates. Toluene, xylene, ethane, and total sulfur yields versus temperature varied from fixed-to fluid-bed conditions. All other compounds measured showed no such dependence on reactor design. For all systems studied, tar-to-gas ratios were lower (although overall weight losses were greater) for slow pyrolysis than for rapid pyrolysis. Tar yields increased and carbon oxide yields decreased with increasing coal rank.
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Caption title. "August 1984." "EPA-600/7-84-082." Microfiche.