Influence and action mechanism of pressure on pyrolysis process of a low rank Naomaohu coal at different temperatures

Abstract

In this study, the effect of pressure on the pyrolysis characteristics of Naomaohu coal and the physicochemical properties of char during slow pyrolysis is evaluated, and the mechanism of pressure is explored. The results show that the influences of pressure on char yield and physical properties are reflected in both promoting and inhibiting effect, and the latter is more obvious with the increasing temperature. As the pressure increases, the char yield first reduces and then improves, and at 600 °C and 800 °C the minimum yields are in 1.0 MPa and 0.1 MPa, which are 57.48% and 54.04%, respectively. The SBET of char increases first and then decreases. At 800 °C, the SBET of char increases from 7.86 m2/g at 0.1 MPa to 19.81 m2/g at 0.5 MPa and then decreases. The effect of pressure on the chemical properties of char is relatively simple. As the pressure rises, the content of functional groups in char reduces and the degree of graphitization enhances. The TG-DTG curve, XPS, BET, SEM test, experiments on the pressurized micro-fluidized bed reaction analyzer and pressurized pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry show that the pressure mainly affects the pyrolysis process by affecting the secondary reaction of the primary volatiles in the particle and is related to temperature.