Study of drying characteristics of low rank coal in a pressurized micro-riser

  • In Seop Gwak
  • , You Ra Gwak
  • , Ye Bin Kim
  • , See Hoon Lee*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

With the continuous increase of energy demand, low-grade coal is regarded as one of new energy sources. However, due to the high water content, the utilization efficiency of low-grade coal is not good to be used in recent conversion plants. Therefore, it requires a drying process to lower the water content in low-grade coals. Although a variety of drying experiments were conducted, drying characteristics in accordance with the pressure change has not been progressed. In this study, the flash drying characteristics of low grade coal with high moisture content (21.5 wt%) were determined in a pressurized micro- riser. The effect of operation conditions such as pressure (1-40 bar), dryer temperature (200-600 ℃), and tube length (2-6 m) on drying ratios were investigated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)313-317
Number of pages5
JournalApplied Chemistry for Engineering
Volume28
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017.06

Keywords

  • Drying
  • Low grade coal
  • Micro-riser
  • Pressurized flash dryer

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Engineering - Chemical
  • Chemistry

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