Chemistry and petrology of paired feed coal and combustion ash from anthracite-burning stoker boilers

James C. Hower; Madison M. Hood; Ross K. Taggart; Heileen Hsu-Kim

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2017.03.007

Chemistry and petrology of paired feed coal and combustion ash from anthracite-burning stoker boilers

James C. Hower, Madison M. Hood, Ross K. Taggart, Heileen Hsu-Kim

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Abstract

The feed coal and corresponding ash from a series of stoker boilers burning Pennsylvania anthracite were investigated for their petrographic and chemical characteristics. The coals have low-S and moderate-ash contents with similar major oxide and minor element compositions. The volatile minor elements, such as Zn and As, decrease in concentration from the feed coal to the stoker ash (comparisons on the ash basis). The light rare earth elements (La through Sm) decrease in concentration relative to the heavy rare earth elements (Eu through Lu) from the coal ash to the stoker ash.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	438-446
Number of pages	9
Journal	Fuel
Volume	199
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.03.007
State	Published - 2017

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This work was supported by National Science Foundation Grants CBET-1510965 and CBET-1510861 to Duke University and the University of Kentucky, respectively, and U.S. Department of Energy – National Energy Technology Laboratory contract DE-FE0026952.

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Keywords

Arsenic
Rare earth elements
Unburned coal

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Chemical Engineering (all)
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Organic Chemistry

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