Kinetic and thermodynamic investigations of CO2 gasification of coal chars prepared via conventional and microwave pyrolysis

This study examined an isothermal CO2 gasification of four chars prepared via two different methods,i.e.,conventional and microwave-assisted pyrolysis,by the approach of thermogravimetric analysis.Physical,chemical,and structural behaviours of chars were examined using ultimate analysis,X-ray diffraction,and scanning electronic microscopy.Kinetic parameters were calculated by applying the shrinking unreacted core(SCM)and random pore(RPM)models.Moreover,char-CO2 gasification was further simulated by using Aspen Plus to investigate thermodynamic performances in terms of syngas composition and cold gas efficiency(CGE).The microwave-induced char has the largest C/H mass ratio and most ordered carbon structure,but the smallest gasification reactivity.Kinetic analysis indicates that the RPM is better for describing both gasification conversion and reaction rates of the studied chars,and the activation energies and pre-exponential factors varied in the range of 78.45–194.72 kJ/mol and 3.15–102,231.99 s−1,respectively.In addition,a compensation effect was noted during gasification.Finally,the microwave-derived char exhibits better thermodynamic performances than the conventional chars,with the highest CGE and CO molar concentration of 1.30%and 86.18%,respectively.Increasing the pyrolysis temperature,gasification temperature,and CO2-to-carbon molar ratio improved the CGE.

Fractionation of coal through organo-separative refining for enhancing its potential for the CO2-gasification

Coal gasification has already been extensively studied earlier under varying conditions of steam,CO2,O2,inert conditions.Belbaid coal and its e,N and NMP-DETA SCC products recovered through organo-refining under milder ambient pressure conditions were subjected to CO2-gasification in a fixed bed reactor under varying conditions.CO2 being an inert gas becomes the most challenging to be utilized during the gasification process.The SCCs showed better CO2-gasification reactivity than the raw Belbaid coal at 900°C.The use of the catalyst K2CO3 tremendously increased the gasification reactivity for both raw coal and the SCCs.The use of sugarcane bagasse for CO2-gasification along with raw coal as well as with residual coal was also studied.Gasification under CO2 atmosphere conditions was used to structurally understand the coals as the coal structure gets loosened after extraction.