Relationship between coking properties measured by automatic Sapozhnikov plastometer with other measurements

Abstract

ABSTRACT A Sapozhnikov plastometer is equipment that is commonly used, particularly in Asia, for measuring the contraction of the coal bed as well as the plastic layer thickness during the coking process. The relationship between the Sapozhnikov contraction X and the maximum plastic layer thickness Y values and other thermal rheology testing techniques is not fully understood. It leads to difficulties in the interpretation of data using different thermal rheology properties measurement techniques. In this work, a series of coal samples were analyzed in parallel using the automatic Sapozhnikov plastometer, the Gieseler plastometer, and the Ruhr dilatometer. The measurement results were compared to assist in the interpretation of data generated using different coal thermal rheology property measurement techniques. The Sapozhnikov X results are found not comparable due to the difference in sample particle size and testing conditions for component coals with the wide range of maximum mean reflectance (Ro), but a significant linear correlation on the contraction/expansion behavior between Sapozhnikov and Ruhr dilatation test is observed for experimental coal blends Ro between 1.00 and 1.20. Sapozhnikov Y results are linearly related to the melting range from both the Gieseler plastometer and the Ruhr dilatometer for all the experimental single coals and coal blends.