The effect of hydrogen peroxide solution alone and in the presence of dilute sulfuric acid on desulfurization and demineralization of coal collected from the Makum coalfield situated at North-Eastern region, India, was investigated and the process conditions (temperature, time, and hydrogen peroxide and sulfuric acid concentrations) were optimized. Hydrogen peroxide (15%) alone leads to removal of over 76% pyritic sulfur and 70% sulfate sulfur and around 5% organic sulfur and 14% ash at 25 °C, which increases to almost complete removal of pyritic and sulfate sulfur and over 26% organic sulfur and 43% ash in the presence of 0.1 N H 2 SO 4 . The oxidation rate was found to increase significantly with increasing temperature (15 to 40 °C) and hydrogen peroxide concentration (2.5 to 15%). The rate of reaction was found to be well represented by a continuous reaction model that was second order with respect to pyritic sulfur. The activation energy for pyritic conversion in
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