The Evolution Characteristic Of The Char's Pore Structure And Surface Functional Groups During The Reaction Process Under O₂/CO₂ Atmosphere

Attention on the greenhouse effect is mainly paid to how to control the discharge ofCO₂ efficiently in the world. As an effective controlling method, O₂/CO₂ coal combustiontechnology becomes a present research focus. The reaction mechanisms of coal char underO₂/CO₂atmosphere are different from that under traditional atmosphere. The evolution lawof coal char's physical and chemical structure duringthe reaction process changes which iscausedbythesedifferences,andconverselythechangescanaffectthereactionprocess.Theevolutioncharacteristicofthechar'sporestructureandsurfacefunctional groupsduringthereaction process under O₂/CO₂atmosphere is mainly studied in the paper. It is detailed asfollows.First of all, the reactivity test of imperforate pure carbon particles under O₂/CO₂,CO₂/Ar,O₂/Aratmospherehavebeencarriedout onthermal gravimetricanalysis. Dynamicanalysis is made due to the results. It shows that the existing of CO₂ has influence on thereaction;CarbonparticlescanreactwithCO₂onlyathightemperature;Theorderofcarbonreactionrateunderdifferentatmosphereislistedfromlowtohigh:CO₂/Ar,O₂/CO₂,O₂/Ar.Secondly, the combustion experiments of three kinds of typical coals under O₂/CO₂,CO₂/Ar, O₂/Ar atmosphere have been carried out on thermal gravimetric analysis. Due tothe results, the reaction characteristics are studied and dynamic analysis is made. It showsthat different kinds of coals at various temperatures behavedifferentlyevenunder thesameO₂/CO₂ atmosphere. O₂/CO₂ atmosphere can promote the combustion process of the coalwithhigh-volatile.Finally, char samples of typical coals at different conversion rates are prepared underO₂/CO₂ atmosphere and isothermal condition. Then the samples are tested on FourierTransformInfraredSpectra,NitrogenIsothermalAdsorption/DesorptionandXRDanalyzer.The evolution characteristics of char are compared such as surface functional group,specific surface area, adsorption/desorption curves, BJH pore distribution and particlemicrocrystalline structure. The analysis indicates that functional groups decrease asconversion rate increases, and hydroxyl group changes rapidly while ether group changes slowly under high temperature. In 1000 reaction temperature, the variation curves℃aboutchar particle specific surface area of the three coals present like an"M"while those presentlike an inverse"V"in 1200℃reaction temperature; As the reaction carries on, the poreadsorption of the three char particles increases at the beginning of the reaction, anddecreases when the conversion rate reaches to some range. The internal mesopores of threechar particles change drastically before the conversion rate reaches a fixed value. The ratioof mesopores occupied in pore structure begins to decrease while that of macroporesincreases correspondingly when the conversion rate is above the fixed value. By comparingthe XRD spectra, it's found that the microcrystalline compositions of raw coal particles aredifferent, and the evolution law of microcrystalline structure is also different, and the coalchar's microcrystalline structure changes more intensely at the higher temperature.