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Interaction of Coal Particles Injected into Argon and Hydrogen Plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

K. Littlewood
K. Littlewood*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Fuel Technology, The University, St. George's Square, Sheffield, Sl 3JD, United Kingdom
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Abstract

Rapid heating of coal to temperatures in excess of 1500 K yields lower hydrocarbons which, if conditions are correct, will consist mainly of acetylene. Such conditions involve reaction times of 0.1 to 10 ms, together with rapid rates of quenching. Appropriate conditions have been achieved on a laboratory scale using a d.c.-arc plasma jet.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 30: Symposium L – Plasma Processing and Synthesis of Materials I , 1983 , 127
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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