The effects of the variation of final maximum temperature from 540°to 1000°C. and of rate of heating from 1.4°t o 21.8°C. per minute on the compositions and magnitudes of the yields of products and on the hardnesses of the cokes in the carbonization of a series of three coals of similar type and increasing rank, as well as one coal of intermediate rank but of different type, are reported.In the cases of two of the coals it isshown that the greater part of the changes in magnitude of yields with change in rate of heating is related to the rate of heating used in heating the coal through a limited temperature range,
Courtesy, Koppers CompanyCoke in Oven, with Door Removed, Just before Pushing which has been named the "sensitive range," and that this range lies either wholly or in greater part below the plastic ranges of these coals.A theory of the mechanism of carbonization, based on these facts, is presented, PREVIOUS studies of the carbonization of a typical coking coal showed that the yields of solid, liquid, and gaseous products were proportional to the logarithm of the rate of heating (10) and that the effects caused by a change in the rate of heating were determined almost entirely by the rate of heating through a limited temperature range iust below the temperature of initial plasticity of that coal {11).