Product analysis of catalytic multi-stage hydropyrolysis of lignite

A lignite added with 0.2% MoS₂ as catalyst was pyrolyzed under H₂ using multi-stage heating method (MHyPy) which means holding a suitable time near the peak temperature. The product distribution and detailed analysis of products were performed. The results show that the tar yield increased to 63.9% during MHyPy compared with that of 51.8% in traditional hydropyrolysis (HyPy), while the gas yield decreased to a half. This suggests the effective utilization of hydrogen during MHyPy. The light aromatics in the tar from MHyPy increased remarkably 42, 37.8 and 115.4% for BTX, PCX and naphthalenes, respectively. Biphenyls were also observed in the tar from MHyPy, which indicated the effective hydrogenation occurs during catalytic MHyPy. The rich pore structure of the char from MHyPy hints its high reactivity in the subsequent conversion process such as gasification and combustion.     

寻甸褐煤的催化多段加氢热解过程

利用热重技术对寻甸褐煤的催化多段加氢热解过程进行了研究,考察了不同的催化剂制备方式对该过程的影响,并在固定床上研究了产物的分布和焦油组成.结果表明：催化剂的存在明显增加了自由基的生成及其被氢化饱和的速率,从而导致了总转化率的提高;与不加催化剂相比,当Mo负载量为0.2%时, 350 ℃的停留过程使转化率从26%激增到50%;不同Mo负载量下的停留对加氢热解过程中的低温峰和高温峰的影响不同;经超声处理催化剂制备的煤样,其加氢热解在任何温度下的转化率均高于用电磁搅拌制备的结果,而且热解温度越高其效果越明显;超声负载催化剂的多段催化加氢热解的总转化率远远高于通过电磁搅拌制备的煤样;催化条件下的多段加氢热解过程改变了产物的分布,并明显提高了焦油中轻质组分的含量,苯类、酚类和萘类收率分别增加了42%、37.8%和115.4%.     

Paramagnetic properties of brown coal from the Kiyaktinskoe deposit before and after mechanical treatment and electron irradiation

Results of a study of the paramagnetic characteristics of brown coal from the Kiyaktinskoe deposit (Kazakhstan) in a native state and after mechanical treatment and electron irradiation are reported. The effects of these actions on changes in the paramagnetic properties of the test coal and on the intensification of a coal hydrogenation process are discussed. It was found that the concentration of free radicals changed only slightly after mechanical treatment in a ball mill at room temperature in an atmosphere of air, whereas the concentration of Fe³⁺ ions noticeably increased. Upon the electron irradiation of coal, the dose dependence of the concentration of free radicals passed through a maximum at a dose of 100 kGy. At the same radiation dose, the yield of a kerosene-gas oil fraction upon the hydrogenation of Kiyaktinskoe coal increased, and the total yield of liquid products increased upon the irradiation of coal and a catalyst (bauxite 094) to a dose of 100 kGy. It was hypothesized that Fe³⁺ ions, which were additionally formed upon coal grinding and irradiation, can serve as an internal catalyst in the course of coal hydrogenation.     

木塑复合材料热解特性

通过热重分析(TGA)和裂解/气质联用(Py-GC/MS)对杨木/高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)木塑复合材料(WPC)进行热解,考察了木粉和聚烯烃塑料热解过程中的相互作用。结果表明:生物质和塑料热解过程中存在明显的协同作用,杨木在较低的温度下即开始发生热解,其提供的自由基参与了聚烯烃热解反应,产生了更多的轻质烃类产物。而聚烯烃分解产生的碳氢化合物向生物质分解产生的自由基提供氢,促进挥发性物质生成,部分抑制了活性自由基进一步聚合结焦,得到了更多的挥发性产物和减少了固体残炭。     

Application of Mechanochemical Activation and γ-Radiation to Increase the Reactivity of Coal from the Shubarkol Deposit in Hydrogenation

The results of the mechanochemical activation of coal from the Shubarkol deposit in an impactgrinding mill and under exposure to γ-radiation with an electron beam on a LU-6 electron accelerator are reported. It was established that, upon the hydrogenation of dispersed coal, the yields of both total liquid products and different distillate fractions increased. The maximum yields of liquid products (66.8%) and gasoline (12.8%) and diesel (18.5%) fractions were noted upon the hydrogenation of coal ground for 30 min. It was shown that the irradiation of coal with an electron beam (a dose of 150 kGy) increased its reactivity in the process of hydrogenation and also facilitated the formation of free radicals and changed the compounds of iron that are the constituents of the catalyst based on natural bauxite from the Turgai deposit.     

Flame‐retarded polyethylene terephthalate with carbon microspheres/magnesium hydroxide compound flame retardant

A novel compound flame retardant (carbon microspheres/magnesium hydroxide, abbreviated as CMSs/MH) was used to improve the fire performance of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). LOI, UL94, and Cone test results showed that CMSs/MH/PET composites obtained the best fire performance at the mass ratio of CMSs to MH, which was 5:5, where the CMSs/MH content was 1.0 wt. % of PET. The Py‐CS‐MS, TGA‐DSC results, and morphology of char residue revealed the flame‐retardant mechanism. CMSs/MH increased the thermal stability of PET by increasing the activation energy at the initial combustion stage. At the second stage of combustion, CMSs/MH increased the chance of recombination of free radicals and slowed the combustion. Additionally, CMSs/MH promoted the cross‐linking of pyrolysis products and further improved the continuity of the char layer. Thus, a dense and continuous char layer of CMSs/MH/PET composites was produced; this char layer reduced the heat release rate and increased the amount of char residue.     

油页岩微波热解气态产物析出特性

利用微波化学试验装置研究了油页岩微波热解过程中挥发分析出特性, 考察了微波功率、热解温度、不同热解温度阶段和催化剂对气体组成的影响。结果表明:微波加热能够提高油页岩热解气中H₂、CO和C₂H₄的析出, 降低CO₂的析出;50%(1600W)微波功率时烃类的析出量最大;在150~350℃的低温阶段热解气的析出量大, 主要由吸附气体的释放, 不稳定支链和基团的分解产生;温度升高, 气态产物的析出主要由脱氢、芳构化、缩聚和自由基反应产生。催化剂促进了气体的析出, 但不同类型催化剂对油页岩热解气组成的影响不同, 分子筛的吸附作用促进二次分解和缩聚反应;黏土类催化剂在质子酸作用下促进有机质催化裂解加氢反应, 加快断链和基团的稳定;金属类催化剂是强吸波性介质, 能够提高升温速率, 促进热解反应, 其次促进氢自由基的产生和转移。     

A literature survey and an experimental study of coal devolatilization at mild and severe conditions: influences of heating rate, temperature, and reactor type on products yield and composition

Coal devolatilization studies to maximize the yield of condensable products by operating at elevated temperatures and heating rates have been published. The objectives of this study were to investigate the influences of relatively mild operating conditions (e.g. relatively low temperature and pressure) on product quality, by comparing devolatilized products obtained at various temperatures and heating rates. Fixed bed, fluid bed, and entrained flow reactor units were used to obtain pyrolysis products. In addition, literature data on tar yields in various reactor units at a range of temperatures and residence times were surveyed and compared with experimental data. The liquids were characterized by a number of techniques, including field ionization mass spectroscopy (f.i.m.s.), sequential elution solvent chromatography (s.e.s.c.) and elemental analysis. The results demonstrate that the quality and yield of liquids obtained at a rapid heating rate are functions of peak pyrolysis temperature. It was shown that at a rapid heating rate, the yields of heavier polyfunctional groups (i.e. hydrocarbons with greater mean molecular weight) are greater than those obtained in the fixed bed slow heating rate reactor. The liquids generated at a slow heating rate are of lower molecular weight, viscosity, and sulphur content, and of higher H/C atomic ratios compared with the liquids obtained in a rapid heating rate unit. The effect of increasing the maximum pyrolysis temperature (at a constant slow heating rate) was to increase the yield of light gases (mainly H) at the expense of char hydrogen content and char reactivity. The tar yield is not markedly influenced when the peak devolatilization temperature is increased at a relatively slow heating rate. However, the quality (as defined by the H/C (atomic) ratio) of the liquids, and the reactivity (in air) of char, was reduced when the peak pyrolysis temperature was increased. At a rapid heating rate, the primary products, which have many structural characteristics of the parent coal, are devolatilized. The quality of the liquids obtained at a rapid heating rate is, therefore, determined by the devolatilized primary coal fragments evolved at the devolatilization temperature. In a slow heating rate fixed bed unit, however, the primary coal fragments undergo additional cracking reactions which involve stabilization of free radicals by donatable hydrogen. This leads to the formation of low molecular weight hydrocarbons of relatively higher quality. In-situ (both intraparticle or extraparticle) stabilization of reactive coal fragments by donatable hydrogen may lead to a significant improvement in the overall quality of the pyrolysis liquids in a fixed bed system in which time-temperature history is conducive for such reactions.     

热解温度和反应气氛对输送床煤快速热解的影响

在连续进料量为1.2 kg·h^-1的输送床反应器中考察了热解温度和反应气氛对不连沟次烟煤快速热解的影响。N₂气氛下,随着煤热解温度升高,焦油产率先增加后减小,600℃时达到最大值10.3%;对应的半焦产率下降,气体产率以及气油比增加。高温促进了煤挥发分的释放以及挥发分在气相中的二次反应,部分产物从固相和液相产品转化为气相产品,氢气、甲烷和乙烯等气体组分的产率明显增加。700℃下,H₂气氛能够抑制挥发分二次反应的发生,起到稳定自由基和加氢的作用,显著提高焦油产率和油品品质,同时有利于甲烷的生成。CO气氛在一定程度上同时提高了轻质和重质焦油产率。CO₂和水蒸气能够促进焦油的二次反应,特别是重质焦油的裂解,具有一定的提质作用,但会导致焦油产率下降。CH₄气氛促进了重质焦油组分的生成,使得热解焦油产率提高。     

Conversion of non-coking coals to coking coals by thermal hydrogenation

Coking properties are observed in four non-coking coals, a lignite, a subbituminous coal, a semianthracite and an oxidized bituminous coal which had been treated by partial thermal hydrogenation. The effects of temperature, reaction time and hydrogen pressure on liquid and solid product yields are examined. Microscopic examination of the hydrogenated solid residues shows that they all contain structures somewhat spherical in shape which are associated with mesophase development. The dilatation, plastic character and free swelling index of the hydrogenated solid products were considerably better than those of the original coals. Dilatation residues produced from hydrogenated solids exhibited anisotropic structures.     

Comparison of steam-gasification characteristics of coal char and petroleum coke char in drop tube furnace

The steam-gasification reaction characteristics of coal and petroleum coke (PC) were studied in the drop tube fur-nace (DTF). The effects of various factors such as types of carbonaceous material, gasification temperature (1100–1400 °C) and mass ratio of steam to char (0.4:1, 0.6:1 and 1:1 separately) on gasification gas or solid products were investigated. The results showed that for al carbonaceous materials studied, H2 content exhibited the larg-est part of gasification gaseous products and CH4 had the smal est part. For the two petroleum cokes, CO2 content was higher than CO, which was similar to Zun-yi char. When the steam/char ratio was constant, the carbon con-version of both Shen-fu and PC chars increased with increasing temperature. When the gasification temperature was constant, the carbon conversions of al char samples increased with increasing steam/char ratio. For al the steam/char ratios, compared to water gas shift reaction, char-H2O and char-CO2 reaction were further from the thermodynamic equilibrium due to a much lower char gasification rate than that of water gas shift reaction rate. Therefore, kinetic effects may play a more important role in a char gasification step than thermodynamic ef-fects when the gasification reaction of char was held in DTF. The calculating method for the equilibrium shift in this study wil be a worth reference for analysis of the gaseous components in industrial gasifier. The reactivity of residual cokes decreased and the crystal layer (L002/d002) numbers of residual cokes increased with increasing gasification temperature. Therefore, L002/d002, the carbon crystallite structure parameter, can be used to evaluate the reactivity of residual cokes.     

炭化工艺对脱水沼渣炭理化性质的影响

以一级脱水沼渣为原料,通过热重-红外联用分析其失重行为及热解气相产物的组成,采用单因素试验方法,考察炭化温度、升温速率、保温时间对沼渣炭的得率、理化性质的影响。结果表明：360～480℃区域为热解的主要阶段。随着温度的升高,炭得率、挥发分含量降低,灰分含量增加,固定碳含量在700℃最高（18.37%）;随着升温速率提高,灰分、固定碳含量提高,炭得率及挥发分含量降低;随着保温时间的延长,炭得率逐渐降低,对灰分、挥发分、固定碳影响不显著;原料及炭热值较低;重金属Cd和Pb含量低于“有机-无机复混肥料”标准限值（GB 18877—2009）;Hg和Cr含量较低,符合肥料用有害重金属元素限值标准,而有益于植物生长的元素Mn和Zn含量较高,本研究为减量化处理复杂沼渣提供了理论依据。     

Effects of volatile–char interaction on the formation of HCN and NH3 during the gasification of Victorian brown coal in O2 at 500 °C

In a coal gasifier interactions between volatiles and char are significant. The partly reducing conditions in a gasifier would mean the presence of high concentration of partial oxidation products and radicals surrounding the char particles. Currently, little is known about the effects of in situ volatile–char interactions on the conversion of char-N. This study examines the effect of in situ volatile–char interactions on the formation of HCN and NH₃ during the low temperature (500 °C) gasification of Loy Yang brown coal in oxygen. Two novel reactor systems were used. The reactor configurations allowed the quantification of HCN and NH₃ from char-N gasification, volatile-N oxidation and volatile–char interactions separately. Our results indicate that volatile–char interactions can have drastic effects on coal-N conversion during gasification by providing an important source of the radicals for the formation of HCN and NH₃ from char-N during gasification in 4% or 8% O₂ at 500 °C. In the presence of radicals and O₂, N-containing structures in the nascent char can be easily broken down to give HCN and NH₃ during the gasification of the char. In the absence of O₂, some of the nascent char-N structures may stabilise into structures less favourable for the formation of HCN and NH₃ and more favourable for the formation of other N-containing species such as NO_x.     

二次反应最小条件下聚氯乙烯塑料脱氯过程的实验

采用金属网反应器对PVC热解过程中温度范围300～800℃、升温速率1～1000 K·s^-1、停留时间0～120 s的热解气体释放特性开展了实验研究.并基于EPA-26A标准对热解气中HCl和Cl₂进行了检测.结果显示,HCl和Cl₂的产率均随着温度的升高、停留时间的增长而有所提高.降低升温速率能够提升气态产物总体产率但没有改变含氯气体的总体分布.热解实验中气态产物均以HCl为主,并伴随有少量的Cl₂生成;该结果也证实了在PVC热解脱氯过程中大量含氯自由基的存在,进一步证实了PVC热解过程遵循的是自由基链反应机理.此外,通过对PVC热解焦样的分析进一步发现PVC热解第一阶段链反应终止时的分子更接近于直链多烯烃结构而非聚合环状结构,环化反应在该阶段并未发生.     

Effects of CO Atmosphere on the Pyrolysis of a Typical Lignite

To reveal the effect mechanism of CO atmosphere on coal pyrolysis, a study on raw and demineralized lignite was carried out in a horizontal tube furnace under N₂ and CO/N₂ atmosphere. CO had a negligible effect on the char yield at low temperatures, whereas it enhances the char yield at temperatures higher than 550 °C. The release of tar was higher in the presence of CO above 450 °C because of more free radicals, which reduced low‐temperature crosslinking, and higher selectivity of hydroxyl groups to phenols in the CO‐containing atmosphere. The yields of CO₂ and H₂ increased, water and CO yields decreased under CO/N₂ atmosphere. Light hydrocarbon gases were not affected by changing the reaction atmosphere. The difference between product yields from raw and demineralized coal confirmed that the catalysis of inherent minerals had a great catalytic effect on the water‐gas shift reaction and Boudouard reaction.     

In-situ monitoring of the stabilization with hydrogen of free radicals thermally induced from coal using high pressure e.s.r., d.t.a. and p.d.a. equipment

High temperature, high pressure e.s.r. measurements of the hydrogenation reaction of Taiheiyo coal in the presence of catalysts were carried out to understand the stabilization of thermally and/or catalytically induced free radicals. A decrease in free radical concentration with increasing temperature was observed for ZnCl₂ and SnCl₂ · 2H₂O catalysts at 10MPa under hydrogen gas. High pressure modified single-cell d.t.a. and p.d.a. equipment augmented the uniquely designed high temperature, high pressure e.s.r. cell. The hydrogenation reaction was monitored under the same experimental conditions as for e.s.r. From the results of the combination of high temperature, high pressure e.s.r. with high pressure d.t.a. and p.d.a., it was established that H₂ molecules can react efficiently with free radicals from coal molecules created by the presence of ZnCl₂ and SnCl₂ · 2H₂O catalysts.     

Bi-phase flame-retardant effect of hexa-phenoxy-cyclotriphosphazene on rigid polyurethane foams containing expandable graphite

The flame-retardant rigid polyurethane (PU) foams with hexa-phenoxy-cyclotriphosphazene/expandable graphite (HPCP/EG) were prepared through box-foaming in our laboratory. The flame retardancy of PU foams was characterized using the limiting oxygen index and cone calorimeter. The results show that the incorporation of HPCP into the PU foams containing EG enhanced flame retardancy. The main degradation process of HPCP in PU foams was investigated by pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy. HPCP during combustion generated phenoxyl and PO₂ free radicals, which could quench the flammable free radicals produced by the matrix and hamper the free radical chain reaction of combustion. This observation shows that HPCP produced a gas-phase flame-retardant effect in this specimen. Additionally, micro-morphology, elemental composition and content of residual char of the flame-retardant PU foams after the cone calorimeter test were also characterized using scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive X-ray microanalyser. The results exhibit that the partial phosphorus from HPCP remained in the residual char, and HPCP significantly enhanced the strength and compatibility of the char layer formed by the PU foams containing EG. These results indicate the important function of HPCP in condensed phase. Thus, HPCP exhibited gas-phase and condensed-phase flame-retardant effects on the PU/EG foams.     

Recovery of zinc chloride catalyst from coal hydrogenation char

In the catalytic liquefaction of coal using zinc chloride, the recovery of the various spent zinc products is a prime requirement if the process is to be economically feasible. After hydrogenation, depending on the extent of coal conversion to liquid and gaseous products, about one third of the applied zinc is found with the liquids and two thirds remain with the char. The zinc associated with the liquid product is readily recovered with a water wash. The zinc associated with the char can be recovered by means of water and hydrochloric acid leaches to the extent of 70% of that present. The remaining char associated zinc (15–20% of that originally applied to the coal) is incorporated within the organic matrix of the char. A room temperature concentrated nitric acid leach is required to liberate the remaining zinc from the char. Ultimate recoveries of 98.5–99.7% are possible with the combined water, hydrochloric acid and nitric acid leach sequence.     

Phosphorus‐containing silica gel‐coated ammonium polyphosphate: Preparation,characterization, and its effect on the flame retardancy of rigid polyurethane foam

A phosphorus‐containing silica gel was synthesized via a reaction between phenyl dichlorophosphate, poly(ether polyol), and γ‐aminopropyltriethoxysilane. Ammonium polyphosphate (APP) was modified by the synthesized phosphorus‐containing silica gel (MAPP) and then incorporated into the rigid polyurethane foam (PU). Results showed that APP had a smaller particle size, lower initial decomposition temperature, better heat resistance at high temperature, and better compatibility with PU matrix after the modification. The cone calorimeter test results showed that the incorporation of MAPP obviously reduced the values including peak of heat release rate, total heat release, average effective heat of combustion, and total smoke release, and increased the char yield of PU composite comparing with APP. The improved flame retardancy of PU/MAPP composite was attributed to the quenching effect of PO· and PO₂· free radicals released by MAPP in the early stage and the improved thermal stability of phosphorus‐ and silicon‐containing char layer formed in the later stage. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2018 , 135, 46334.     

间热径向流反应器料层厚度对煤热解特性的影响

考察了方形径向流固定床煤热解反应器中变化煤层厚度对料层升温速度及煤热解产物分布特性的影响。随着料层厚度增加,导致煤热解反应要求的时间增长,热解水和气的产率相应增加,焦油和半焦收率逐渐降低,但焦油中轻质组分(沸点低于360℃组分)含量呈升高趋势,半焦和煤气热值稍许降低。如,加热壁温度900℃、从45 mm至105 mm增加煤料层厚度时,焦油产率从7.17%(质量,下同)下降到6.26% (相对干基煤),但焦油中的轻焦油组分含量则从67%升至72.7%,半焦产率由80.0%降至77.0%,热解水和煤气产率分别由6.96%和5.91%增至8.85%和7.90%,煤气热值则由24348.5 kJ·m^-3下降至20649.2 kJ·m^-3。所得半焦的热值径向上由高温侧向低温侧逐渐降低,煤料层越厚、热值降幅越大,而相同煤料层厚度处与加热壁平行的同一轴向平面上的半焦热值基本相同。针对研究的反应器,气相热解产物在反应器内沿径向(横向)由高温料层区向低温料层区流动。在该过程中伴随着热解产物对远离加热壁的低温煤料的传热、热解生成重质组分的冷凝和在煤/半焦颗粒表面的吸附截留,进而在低温料层进一步升高温度时发生二次裂解等物理化学过程。反应器内煤层厚度越大,上述各种伴随的物化作用越显著,从而明显影响煤料层的升温及热解特性。