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) is determined from
proximate analyses
( )
d
k
dt
v
= v v
The Badzioch and Hawksley model is too simple to
accurately describe many of the experimental
observations
A more complicated model is proposed by Kobayashi
et al (1977) in which the pyrolysis process is
modelled as a pair of parallel, first-order, irreversible
reactions:
C (1- Y
1
)S
1
+ Y
1
v
1
, rate constant k
1
C (1 - Y
2
)S
2
+ Y
2
v
2
, rate constant k
2
with rate equations given by:
dC/dt= - (k
1
+ k
2
) C
dv/dt= (Y
1
k
1
+Y
2
k
2
) C
C = coal, S = solid, v = volatiles
Experimental & calculated weight loss for pyrolysis
of a lignite & bituminous coal (Kobayashi et al.,
1977)
Y
1
= 0.3, E
1
= 25 kcal/mol, A
1
= 2x105 s
-1
Y
2
= 1.0, E
2
= 30 kcal/mol, A
2
= 1.3x107 s
-1
Particle heat-up during devolatilisation:
Coal reaction processes are dependent on the particle
heating rate (order 10
4
K/s) and maximum particle
temperature
Devolatilisation is initiated at about 300
0
C
Convective heating is initially retarded by flow of
volatiles out of particle
However, reaction of the volatiles heats the
surrounding gas and increases the heating rate
Therefore, the devolatilisation rate depends on gas
temperature and mass transfer
The Char:
The residual material (char) is enriched in carbon but
depleted in oxygen and hydrogen
Char has some N & S and retains most of the mineral
matter
Particles may have cracks and holes caused by
escaping gases and may have swelled to a larger size
Char particles have high porosities (~0.7) and high
specific surface areas (~100 m
2
/g)
Properties of char depend strongly on pyrolysis
conditions
Char Burnout:
Reaction between char and oxygen is heterogeneous
and occurs at the gas-solid interface
Primary product of surface reaction is CO
CO reacts in the gas-phase to form CO
2
(highly
exothermic)
Char burnout is generally much slower than
devolatilisation
Overall char burning rate depends on the chemical
rate of the carbon-oxygen reaction at the surface and
also on the rate of O
2
diffusion through the boundary
layer and pores
Char reactivity varies with coal type, temperature,
pressure, char characteristics (size, surface area, etc)
and O
2
conc.
Burnout rates of the char are generally determined
using a global reaction rate which is found
empirically for a given coal and range of conditions
The global reaction rate is expressed in terms of rate
of mass loss per unit external area
Progress is being made in the use of intrinsic
(elementary) reactions rates but we still some way to
go
Global reaction rate:
C + 1/2 O
2
CO
d m
C
/dt = -2 MW
C
/MW
O2
A
p
k
c
(
(O2)s
)
n
where A
P
= external particle surface area; k
c
= rate
constant;
O2(s)
= oxygen partial density at surface of
particle; and n = order of reaction
For n = 1, and eliminating the unknown
(O2)s
:
d m
C
/dt = -2 MW
C
/MW
O2
A
p
k
e
(
(O2)()
)
where k
e
is an effective rate constant and is a function of
the kinetics (k
c
) and diffusion (h
D
)
See Borman and Raglan, pp 469-470 for a full derivation
for calculating k
c
and h
D
D c
e
D c
h k
k
h k
=
+
Burnout Time:
Assuming that CO is formed at the surface, the global
char burnout rate is:
dm
C
/dt =
Consider the limiting cases of: (i) the burning at
constant diameter (with decreasing density) or (ii) at
constant density (with decreasing diameter)
For constant diameter, this equation is integrated
directly
For constant density, d = (6m
C
/t)
1/3
( )
2
2
12
16
e O
d k
| |
t
|
\ .
Under diffusion-controlled conditions (k
c
>> h
D
),
corresponding to high temperature and large d:
Under kinetic control (h
D
>> k
c
), associated with low
temperature and small d:
2
1/ 3
6 12
2
16
C C
AB O
C
dm m
D
dt
| |
| |
= t
|
|
t
\ .
\ .
2
2/ 3
6 12
16
C C
c O
C
dm m
k
dt
| |
| |
= t
|
|
t
\ .
\ .
Integrating from the initial char mass to zero, the char
burnout time is obtained for the following special
cases.
Constant Diameter
Constant , diffusion control
Constant , kinetic control
2
4.5
i
C i
C
e O
d
t
k
2
2
6
i
C i
C
AB O
d
t
D
2
1.5
C i
C
c O
d
t
k