Effect of Ash on Coal Combustion Performance and Kinetics Analysis

In order to explain the influence of the coal ash on the combustion characteristics of coal, the physical and chemical structures of pulverized coal with different ash contents were compared and analyzed, and the combustion characteristics and kinetics of pulverized coal were systematically studied by non-isothermal thermogravimetric analysis. The results show that the physical and chemical structure of the deashed coal is not significantly changed compared with the raw coal. The combustion process of the deashed coal gradually moves to the high temperature zone, and the combustion performance is obviously weakened. The comprehensive combustion characteristic parameters of the three samples can be arranged as: raw coal > primary deashed coal > secondary deashed coal. In this study, the RNGM model was used to analyze the combustion kinetics of pulverized coal, and the fitting effect is good. And there is a significant kinetic compensation effect in the combustion process. After calculation, the activation energy value of the samples is between 16.15 similar to 29.51 kJ/mol. The RNGM model can effectively characterize the various stages of the combustion reaction and validate the experimental results.

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The study compared and analyzed the physical and chemical structures of pulverized coal with different ash contents, and systematically studied the combustion characteristics and kinetics using non-isothermal thermogravimetric analysis. The results showed that the combustion performance of deashed coal decreased significantly compared to raw coal. The RNGM model effectively characterized the combustion kinetics and showed a significant kinetic compensation effect, with an activation energy range of 16.15 to 29.51 kJ/mol.