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Fundamental Investigation of Fuel Transformations in Pulverized Coal Combustion
 and Gasification Technologies Annual Technical Progress Report for the Period
September 2001 - August 2002

Hurt, Robert

Brown University

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Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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1.0

PROJECT BACKGROUND

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1.1

Role of Model-Based Design

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1.2

Fuel Transformation Submodels

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2.0

PROJECT OBJECTIVE AND APPROACH

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3.0

BRIEF Summary of Progress this Period

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4.0

Detailed Discussions of Progress in selected areas

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4.1

Char Combustion Reactivities for a Suite of Diverse Solid Fuels and Char-Forming

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Organic Model Compound Chars

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4.1-1

Introduction and Background

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4.1-2

Materials and Experimental Procedures

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Table 1

Sample Suite of Solid Fuels and Organic Model Substances:

 

Properties and Char Reactivities

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4.1-3

Definitions of Standard Reactivity Indices

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4.1-4

Results

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4.1-5

Reactivity / Property Relations

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4.1-6

Conclusions

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4.2

High Pressure Coal Combustion Studies at BYU

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4.2-1

Summary

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4.2-2

Development of High-Pressure Flat-Flame-Burner

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4.2-3

Oxidation Kinetics of HPDT Char

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4.2-4

Future Work

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REFERENCES

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