In the process of pressurized coal gasification, coal particles experience rapid devolatilization to become chars, which react with H2O and CO2. The characteristics of the char play an important role in the gasification research. Hence acquisition of coal char fitting real situation is demanded. The article uses PDTF system to produce coal char at high heating rate under pressurized conditions, and char morphology and pore structure are analyzed.

This paper presents gasification kinetic parameters generated for Japanese lignite coal char reacting with carbon dioxide and the method for obtaining them. The experiments were conducted in a PTGA at atmospheric pressure within a temperature range of 1148K-1223K, and a mass spectrometer (MS) is coupled with PTGA to obtain the concentrations of product gas. The experiments were carried out with isothermal method, and kinetic parameters were determined through the analysis of the weight changes of coal char and the concentrations of products respectively. The effect of CO2 partial pressure on reaction rate was analyzed by nth order rate equation. It was found that the activation energy of char-CO2 reaction obtained from weight loss curve and product concentrations were 187.9kJ/mol and 187.0kJ/mol respectively, and the reaction order n were 0.24 and 0.222, proving MS a feasible method for kinetics research. Through the comparison, the method to obtain the kinetic data by concentrations of gas products was determined, and a more clear understanding of the gasification process was established.