The Structure and Reaction Processes of Coal

by K.Lee Smith, L.Douglas Smoot, Thomas H. Fletcher, Ronald J. Pugmire

Overview

Founded on the work of the renowned Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center, the authors document and integrate current knowledge of the organic and inorganic structure of coal and its reaction processes. With the urgent need for cleaner, more efficient use of this worldwide fuel, their work will set a clear course for future research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781489913241
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	06/26/2013
Series:	The Plenum Chemical Engineering Series
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Pages:	471
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Selection of a Suite of Commonly Used Research Coals.- 3. Geochemistry and Macromolecular Structure of Coal.- 4. Coal Structural Characterization by Advanced Techniques.- 5. Devolatilization Rate Processes and Products.- 6. Char Oxidation, Conversion, and Reaction Rate Processes.- Acronyms.- Nomenclature.- References.

Editorial Reviews

On May 1, 1986, the Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center (ACERC) was organized at Brigham Young U., as a cooperative program with the U. of Utah and other universities. This volume focuses on two of the six ACERC thrust areas, namely the chemical and physical structure of coal and its reaction processes, devolatilization, and char oxidation, also with emphasis on ACERC results, and with substantial reference to international research results. Only 11 US coals of various rank are emphasized. These commonly used and highly characterized coals form the research coals for ACERC and include all eight coals of the Argonne National Laboratory's Premium Coal Sample Bank. Extensive references. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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