THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE TREATMENT ON PENETRANT TRANSPORT IN COAL |
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Authors: | Jorge M. Olivares Nikolaos A. Peppas |
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Affiliation: | a School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA |
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Abstract: | The macromolecular structure of coals thermally treated at 35°C, 100°C and 150°C was investigated by dynamic penetrant transport in thin coal sections. The effects of temperature, carbon content in coal, and penetrant type on the transport mechanism were investigated. Dynamic swelling studies showed that penetrant transport into coal is a function of the average molecular weight between crosslinks, Mc. The penetrant transport mechanism at low activity is Fickian diffusion. The transport mechanism deviates from Fickian diffusion to anomalous transport, when the carbon content in coal and penetrant activity increase. Variations of the diffusion coefficients and relaxation constants were determined using a diffusion/relaxation coupled model. |
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Keywords: | Penetrant transport Dynamic swelling Coal structure Macromolecular structure Coal networks |
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