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Front Chem Eng Chin    2010, Vol. 4 Issue (4) : 394-399    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-010-0505-x
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Experiments on the effect of the pressure on the mineral transformation of coal ash under the different reaction atmosphere
Nijie JING, Qinhui WANG(), Zhongyang LUO, Tao JIE, Xiaomin LI, Kefa CEN
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Abstract

This paper investigated the effect of the pressures, reaction atmospheres and coal ash species on the ash fusibility with high-pressure thermogravimetric analysis (PTGA) apparatus and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. Each specimen analyzed by XRD was observed for the mineral conversion and formation of new minerals with the pressures under different atmospheres. These results indicate that the pressure restrains the transformation and decomposition of minerals. Many low-temperature minerals are still present under the elevated pressure. The different reaction atmospheres have different effects on the formation of coal ash minerals. Under the N2 atmosphere, the present microcline may decrease the melting temperature of coal ash. And later, it transforms into sanidine at high pressure; thus, the melting temperature of coal ash may increase. Under the CO2 atmosphere, the minerals such as microcline, lomonitite, geothite and illite are still present with the increase in pressure; this may reduce the melting temperature. While under the H2O atmosphere, there are magnetite and anorthoclase, which may produce the low-temperature eutectics decreasing the melting temperature. The coal ash abundance in basic oxides or higher SiO2, Fe2O3, K2O and Na2O has lower melting temperature. While the ash sample with more SiO2 and Al2O3 and less Fe2O3 and basic oxides may lead to higher melting temperature.

Keywords ash fusibility      XRD analysis      PTGA      low-temperature eutectic     
Corresponding Author(s): WANG Qinhui,Email:qhwang@zju.edu.cn   
Issue Date: 05 December 2010
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Qinhui WANG,Nijie JING,Zhongyang LUO, et al. Experiments on the effect of the pressure on the mineral transformation of coal ash under the different reaction atmosphere[J]. Front Chem Eng Chin, 2010, 4(4): 394-399.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fcse/EN/Y2010/V4/I4/394
ash sampleABCD
SiO229.3359.4941.8448.1
Al2O323.5218.3910.2931.84
Fe2O310.44.9414.845.9
CaO15.325.198.44.96
MgO7.62.381.680.98
K2O0.172.920.841.09
Na2O0.71.420.981.14
SO37.362.315.793.07
Tab.1  Ash composition analysis
Fig.1  Schematic diagram of the modified PTGA system
Fig.2  XRD results of ash B at different pressures under N atmosphere at 1000°C
Fig.3  XRD results of ash B at different pressures under CO atmosphere at 1000°C
Fig.4  XRD results of ash B at different pressures under HO atmosphere at 1000°C
DTSTHTFT
ash A1306136013841399
ash B1238126212751313
ash C1224124612621298
ash D1401144914571466
Tab.2  AFT results of ash samples
Fig.5  XRD graph of ash A
Fig.6  XRD graph of ash B
Fig.7  XRD graph of ash C
Fig.8  XRD graph of ash D
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