Process Chemistry of Coal Utilization
Impacts of Coal Quality and Operating Conditions

Relates coal conversion chemistry to practical applications in design, validation, performance and troubleshooting

Stephen Niksa (Author)

9780128187135, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 1 November 2019

486 pages, Approx. 200 illustrations
22.9 x 15.1 x 3 cm, 0.78 kg

Process Chemistry of Coal Utilization: Reaction Mechanisms for Coal Decomposition and Volatiles Conversion relates major advances in coal science on how to interpret performance data from lab, pilot and commercial scales. The book presents a very broad range of quantitative methods, from statistical regressions, to rudimentary models, CFD and comprehensive reaction mechanisms. Combining the latest research in the field, including an abundance of lab datasets, the book illustrates how a particular operating condition affects a specific coal-based reaction system. Managers who use these tactics will be able to tailor their testing and simulation work to effectively characterize and solve their problems.

1. Coal Utilization Technologies 2. Fuel Quality, Thermophysical Properties, and Transport Coefficients 3. Moisture Release and Coal Drying 4. Primary Devolatilization Behavior 5. Reaction Mechanisms for Primary Devolatilization 6. Quantitative Interpretations of Primary Devolatilization Behavior 7. Tar Decomposition 8. Volatiles Reforming and Volatiles Combustion 9. Hydropyrolysis and Hydrogasification

Subject Areas: Fossil fuel technologies [THF], Energy technology & engineering [TH]