A preliminary Raman spectroscopic perspective for the roles of catalysts during char gasification
How a catalyst would speed up gasification is fundamentally important for the development of efficient gasification technologies. It is particularly crucial for the efficient use of catalytic species inherently present in low-rank coal and biomass. This study aims to gain insights about the catalyti...
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| author | Tay, Hui-Ling Kajitani, Shiro Wang, S. Li, Chun-Zhu |
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| description | How a catalyst would speed up gasification is fundamentally important for the development of efficient gasification technologies. It is particularly crucial for the efficient use of catalytic species inherently present in low-rank coal and biomass. This study aims to gain insights about the catalytic gasification reaction mechanisms through tracing the changes in char structure during gasification with FT-Raman spectroscopy. A Victorian brown coal was acid-washed to remove its inherent alkali and alkaline earth metallic species. The raw coal and the acid-washed coal were independently subjected to gasification at 800°C under different gasifying conditions (with oxidising and/or reducing atmosphere). Our FT-Raman results revealed that, regardless of the coal type, oxygenation that occurred during char gasification could increase the gasification rate. In addition, catalyst was shown to enhance the gasification rate by participating in the reaction between the char matrix and the radicals derived from the gasifying agents. The presence of a catalyst has made the gasification process to be less selective, due to both reduced selective consumption of char and reduced chance/time for ring condensation. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-442422017-09-13T15:53:51Z A preliminary Raman spectroscopic perspective for the roles of catalysts during char gasification Tay, Hui-Ling Kajitani, Shiro Wang, S. Li, Chun-Zhu Catalyst Char structure Gasification Coal FT-Raman spectroscopy How a catalyst would speed up gasification is fundamentally important for the development of efficient gasification technologies. It is particularly crucial for the efficient use of catalytic species inherently present in low-rank coal and biomass. This study aims to gain insights about the catalytic gasification reaction mechanisms through tracing the changes in char structure during gasification with FT-Raman spectroscopy. A Victorian brown coal was acid-washed to remove its inherent alkali and alkaline earth metallic species. The raw coal and the acid-washed coal were independently subjected to gasification at 800°C under different gasifying conditions (with oxidising and/or reducing atmosphere). Our FT-Raman results revealed that, regardless of the coal type, oxygenation that occurred during char gasification could increase the gasification rate. In addition, catalyst was shown to enhance the gasification rate by participating in the reaction between the char matrix and the radicals derived from the gasifying agents. The presence of a catalyst has made the gasification process to be less selective, due to both reduced selective consumption of char and reduced chance/time for ring condensation. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44242 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.12.030 Elsevier Ltd restricted |
| spellingShingle | Catalyst Char structure Gasification Coal FT-Raman spectroscopy Tay, Hui-Ling Kajitani, Shiro Wang, S. Li, Chun-Zhu A preliminary Raman spectroscopic perspective for the roles of catalysts during char gasification |
| title | A preliminary Raman spectroscopic perspective for the roles of catalysts during char gasification |
| title_full | A preliminary Raman spectroscopic perspective for the roles of catalysts during char gasification |
| title_fullStr | A preliminary Raman spectroscopic perspective for the roles of catalysts during char gasification |
| title_full_unstemmed | A preliminary Raman spectroscopic perspective for the roles of catalysts during char gasification |
| title_short | A preliminary Raman spectroscopic perspective for the roles of catalysts during char gasification |
| title_sort | preliminary raman spectroscopic perspective for the roles of catalysts during char gasification |
| topic | Catalyst Char structure Gasification Coal FT-Raman spectroscopy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44242 |