Progress in coal pyrolysis

• Published in: Fuel (Guildford) Vol. 72; no. 5; pp. 587 - 597
• Main Authors: Solomon, P.R., Fletcher, T.H., Pugmire, R.J.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.05.1993; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; coal; Energy; Exact sciences and technology; Fuel processing. Carbochemistry and petrochemistry; Fuels; kinetics; pyrolysis; Solid fuel processing (coal, coke, brown coal, peat, wood, etc.); kinetics; coal; pyrolysis; Pyrolysis; Lignite; Molecular structure; Carbochemistry; Chemical structure; Yield; Devolatilization; Review; Kinetics; Coalification degree; Modeling; Bituminous coal

The heterogeneous nature of coal and the complexity of the pyrolysis process have made it very difficult to perform unambiguous experiments to determine the rates and mechanisms in coal pyrolysis. However, recent years have seen a number of new experimental and theoretical approaches which shed new...