A packed-bed reactor was established to study the effect of temperature on the controlled air oxidation (CAO) performance of a mixture of polypropylene and sawdust at a fixed feed gas flow rate. The reactor temperature was varied from 400 to 800°C. Attention was focused on product distribution, compositions of liquid and gas products, and technical parameters. The chemical composition of the liquid products was analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The results indicated an obvious impact of the temperature on the described parameters. The increase in temperature led to the decrease in solid fraction and a convex shape curve for the gas yield as well as to a decrease of alkanes and alkenes, and favored the generation of oxygen-containing hydrocarbons. According to criteria of CAO conversion, the optimum temperature in the primary chamber was found to be 700°C.

Based on the experiments of pulverized coal pneumatic conveying using nitrogen as carrier, the influences of riser inlet height above the gas distribution plate, riser diameter, pulverized coal external moisture content, and supplemental gas flow rate on the conveying characteristics such as pulverized coal mass flow rate and solid-gas ratio were investigated in a laboratory-scale experimental setup of a top-discharge blow tank under atmospheric pressure. There exists an optimal riser inlet height for a given top-discharge blow tank. The supplemental gas is one of the critical factors affecting the conveying stability and continuity. A model for material mass flow rate prediction with errors ranging from -25 % to +15 % is presented.