The estimation of the kinetic parameters of low-temperature coal oxidation

Vladimir A. Kaminsky; Nina Yu. Obvintseva; Svetlana A. Epshtein; Vladimir A. Kaminsky; Nina Yu. Obvintseva; Svetlana A. Epshtein

doi:10.3934/energy.2017.2.163

AIMS Energy

2017, Volume 5, Issue 2: 163-172. doi: 10.3934/energy.2017.2.163

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The estimation of the kinetic parameters of low-temperature coal oxidation

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Scientific-research testing laboratory “Physics and Chemistry of Coals”, National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”, 4 Leninsky prospekt, Moscow, 119049, Russian Federation
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Department of Physics, National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”, 4 Leninsky prospekt, Moscow, 119049, Russian Federation

Received: 19 October 2016 Accepted: 17 January 2017 Published: 24 January 2017

Coals self-heating reasoned by their oxidation processes often could cause spontaneous combustion that may occur during all the stages of coal production, storage, transportation and utilization. The steady-state method enables determination of the critical ambient temperature, above which spontaneous combustion occurs, as a function of the reactor’s size. These critical ambient temperatures are used to calculate the kinetic constants of oxidation coal. The transient method (or Chen method) is applied to directly estimate the rate of oxidation by determining the crossing point, when the thermal conduction term near the center of a cylinder becomes zero. A modified method is proposed for determining the kinetic constants of coal oxidation from the steady-state heating temperature at the center of the reactor. The method is based on the dependence of the dimensionless temperature on the Frank-Kamenetskii parameter. The kinetic constants have been calculated from the results of a numerical experiment with a cylindrical reactor.
- coal,
- oxidation,
- self-ignition kinetics,
- steady-state method,
- Frank–Kamenetskii reactivity parameter
Citation: Vladimir A. Kaminsky, Nina Yu. Obvintseva, Svetlana A. Epshtein. The estimation of the kinetic parameters of low-temperature coal oxidation[J]. AIMS Energy, 2017, 5(2): 163-172. doi: 10.3934/energy.2017.2.163

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Abstract

Coals self-heating reasoned by their oxidation processes often could cause spontaneous combustion that may occur during all the stages of coal production, storage, transportation and utilization. The steady-state method enables determination of the critical ambient temperature, above which spontaneous combustion occurs, as a function of the reactor’s size. These critical ambient temperatures are used to calculate the kinetic constants of oxidation coal. The transient method (or Chen method) is applied to directly estimate the rate of oxidation by determining the crossing point, when the thermal conduction term near the center of a cylinder becomes zero. A modified method is proposed for determining the kinetic constants of coal oxidation from the steady-state heating temperature at the center of the reactor. The method is based on the dependence of the dimensionless temperature on the Frank-Kamenetskii parameter. The kinetic constants have been calculated from the results of a numerical experiment with a cylindrical reactor.

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