Co-combustion of biomass and coal in coal fired power plant could reduce CO2 emissions and utilize renewable energy resources. To understand the co-combustion characteristics of biomass and coal blends, thermogravimetry-differential scanning calorimetry (TG-DSC) analysis, as well as proximate, ultimate and heating value have been conducted. TG-DSC measures both weight changes (TG) and heat flow (DSC) in a material as a function of temperature or time in a controlled atmosphere. The combustion profiles can be used to study some combustion properties of fuels and fuel blends. The biomass that used in this study was sawdust in its origin and torrefied sawdust which blend with a low rank coal. The composition of the biomass and coal were 1:3; 1:1 and 3:1 in weight ratio. Results indicated that the blend of coal and torrefied sawdust in weight ratio of 1:3 was the best combustion performance compared to the other composition, indicated by the highest of ignition temperature (Tig), maximum combustion rate (Rmax) and heating value.
Low rank coal was used as a precursor for the preparation of adsorbed natural gas by chemical activation with KOH-NaOH mixtures. Chemical activation process is commonly used and involves two major steps, which are heating process and chemical treatment process. The experiments were used in the various of temperatures, contact times, and rasio of sample and chemical compound. The result of process was obtained of the iodine number around of 1004 mg/g and 1198 mg/g . Based on the other study, the iodine number at 1004 mg/g and 1198 mg/g have surface area between 1000 mg/g up to 1200 mg/g. These surface area provide a methane capacity between 75 mg/g up to 80 mg/g. Keywords: activated carbon, adsorbed natural gas, surface area, iodine number. ABSTRAK
Steam drying process of the Low Rank Coals (LRCs) has been conducted to produce coal which is comparable with the High Rank Coal (HRC). Characterization of the raw and dried coals was carried out through proximate, ultimate, calorific value, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and Thermo Gravimetry-Differential Thermal Analysis (TG-DTA) to study the combustion behavior of the coals. This study used Indonesian low rank coals coming from Tabang (TKK coal) and Samurangau (SP coal), East Kalimantan. The results indicate that the calorific value of the dried coals increases significantly due to the decrease in moisture content of the coal. The FTIR spectrums show that the methylene-ethylene (RCH3/CH2) and aromaticity-aliphaticity ratios (Rar/al) of the dried coals increased while the ratio of RCO/ar decreased which reflect that the rank of the coals increased equivalent to the high rank coal (bituminous). Meanwhile, the TG-DTA indicates that the ignition temperature (Tig) and combustion rate (Rmax) of the dried coals increased. This analysis expresses that the dried coals produced by steam drying process have better combustion behavior due to the higher calorific value than those of the raw coals.
Karbon aktif dan TiO2 mereduksi SO2 melalui proses adsorpsi dan fotokatalitik. Kedua senyawa ini memiliki efektivitas adsorpsi rendah. Untuk meningkatkan aktivitas adsorpsi dilakukan kombinasi teknik adsorben dan fotokatalitik sehingga adsorpsi dapat optimal. Kombinasi dilakukan dengan membuat komposit karbon aktif/TiO2. Batubara dan semi-kokas dicampur dengan perbandingan 7:3 kemudian TiO2 ditambahkan dengan konsentrasi 1, 3, 6, 9 dan 15%. Karbon aktif/ TiO2 dikarbonisasi pada suhu 600 °C selama 1 jam dan diaktivasi pada suhu 900 °C selama 1 dan 2 jam di bawah aliran gas nitrogen. Hasil analisis fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy menunjukkan intensitas serapan gugus fungsi C=O naik sebesar 49,5% pada karbon aktif/TiO2 6% selama 1 jam dan 33,2% pada karbon aktif/TiO2 3% selama 2 jam. Gugus fungsi basa C=O mereduksi gas SO2 yang bersifat asam. Hasil X-ray diffraction (XRD) ditemukan kristal TiO2 anatas dan rutil. Koeksistensi kristal anatas dan rutil lebih efektif daripada anatas dan rutil fase tunggal. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa karbon aktif/TiO2 meningkatkan aktivitas gugus fungsi permukaan karbon aktif dan membentuk kristal TiO2 anatas dan rutil secara bersama.
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