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Study on the Combustion Characteristics of Wood-pellet and Korean Anthracite Using TGA  

Kim, Dong-Won (Green Growth Laboratory, Korea Electric Power Research Institute, Kepco)
Lee, Jong-Min (Green Growth Laboratory, Korea Electric Power Research Institute, Kepco)
Kim, Jae-Sung (Green Growth Laboratory, Korea Electric Power Research Institute, Kepco)
Seon, Pyeong-Ki (Green Growth Laboratory, Korea Electric Power Research Institute, Kepco)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.48, no.1, 2010 , pp. 58-67 More about this Journal
Abstract
Combustion of the Korean Anthracite and wood-pellet was characterized in air atmosphere with variation of heating rate(5, 10, 20 and $30^{\circ}C/min$) in TGA. The results of TGA have shown that the combustion of the wood-pellet occurred in the temperature range of $200{\sim}620^{\circ}C$ which is much lower than that of Korean anthracite. Activation energies of the wood-pellet and Korean anthracite, determined by using Friedman method were 44.12, 21.45 kcal/mol respectively. Also, their reaction orders(n) and pre-exponential factors(A) were 5.153, 0.7453 and $4.01{\times}10^{16}$, $1.39{\times}10^6(s^{-1})$ respectively. In order to find out the combustion mechanism of the wood-pellet and Korean anthracite, twelve solidstate mechanisms defined by Coats Redfern Method were tested. The solid state combustion mechanisms of the woodpellet and Korean anthracite were found to be sigmoidal curve A3 type and a deceleration curve F1 type respectively. Also, from iso-thermal combustion($300{\sim}900^{\circ}C$) of their char, the combustion characteristics of their char was found. Activation energies of the their char were 27.5, 51.2 kcal/mol respectively. Also, pre-exponential factors(A) were $2.55{\times}10^{12}$, $1.49{\times}10^{10}(s^{-1})$ respectively. Due to the high combustion reactivity of wood-pellet compared with Korean anthracite, combustion atmosphere will be improved by co-combustion with Korean anthracite and wood-pellet.
Keywords
TGA(Thermogravimetric Analysis); Wood-Pellet; Korean Anthracite; Activation Energy; Pre-Exponential Factor; Co-Combustion;
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