Kinetic parameters for coal pyrolysis at low and high heating rates—a comparison of data from different laboratory equipment

Study of coal pyrolysis by thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) and concentration measurements of the evolved species

“…Accordingly, the pyrolytic reactions of coal have received wide attention, and excellent reports of the work performed in this area have been presented in the literature [1][2][3][4].…”

Oxidative pyrolysis of solid fuels

“…Past literature has extensively addressed thermochemical degradation and combustion of carbon rich solid materials (solid fuels), including coals [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10], biomass [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] and polymers [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37], as a possible route to the production of energy and/or of valuable chemicals. As a matter of fact most studies are focused on pyrolysis under inert conditions and on combustion of the residual char, although in practical applications thermal degradation of solid fuels often occurs in presence of oxygen.…”

Mathematical modeling of thermal decomposition of coal

“…The results show that conversion to tar and gas, and thus total conversion values increase with time. Tar is a complex mixture of different compounds that do not correspond to one single formation reaction with one single set of kinetic data [4]. A continuous increase in tar conversion does not indicate the presence of the tar secondary reactions which would have affected the observed formation kinetics for gases and light oils [9].…”

“…Accordingly, the pyrolytic reactions of coal have received wide attention, and excellent reviews of the work in the area have been presented [1][2][3][4].…”