Journal
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE
Volume 37, Issue 3, Pages 2749-2755Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2018.05.019
Keywords
Volatile-char interactions; Reactivity; Char structure; H-containing reactive species; O-containing reactive species
Funding
- Australian Research Council
- Curtin University
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This study reports the roles of volatiles with distinctly-different chemistry in determining char reactivity and char structure during in situ volatile-char interactions under non-catalytic conditions. Volatiles were generated in situ from polyethylene (PE), double-acid washed biosolid (DAWB), polyethylene glycol (PEG) or cellulose and interacted with char prepared from DAWB that is free of catalytically-active inorganic species in a two-stage reactor at 1000 degrees C. The experimental results show that both H- and O-containing reactive species play different roles during in situ volatile-char interactions. It has been found that char reactivity decreases substantially after in situ volatile-char interactions. Results from Raman analysis of the char after in situ interactions with the PE volatiles show H-containing reactive species substantially enhance the condensation of the aromatic ring systems within the char, thus slightly decreasing the H content in char and also making char carbon structure considerably less reactive. It has also been found that the reactivity of char after in situ volatile-char interactions increases with increasing OIH molar ratio of volatiles. The results indicate that O-containing reactive species in volatiles can react with char to form C-O complex oxides that mitigate the carbon structure from condensing into large aromatic ring systems, thus increasing O and H contents in char and enhancing char reactivity. (C) 2018 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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