The solution of fundamental problems on coal sulfur is very important from a view point of coal utilization.In this study, the results of research on the forms and desulfurization of sulfur compounds in Japanese coal (mainly, bituminous coal for metallurgical use) will be reported deviding into six parts.Firstly, the summurized literature survey for the forms and carbonization properties of sulfur compounds in coa is described in the present paper.Next, the method for estimation and distribution of sulfur compounds contained in Japanese coal are investigated, comparing with foreign coals.And the following results were obtained.
(1) Regarding the method for estimation of the forms of sulfur compounds in Japanes-e coal, it was found out that the time required for estimation could be fairly reduced comparing with the case of using the Powell's oxidation method, when the reduction method by Radmacher et al hitherto customarily used for foreign coals was applied to the estimation of pyritic sulfur in Japanese coal.
(2) Organic sulfur contents amounted to 80 % of the total sulfur, and the more the total sulfur was contained the more, the organic sulfur.
(3) It was observed that there was the definite relation between organic sulfur conte-nts and coal rank.The ranks at which the maxima of the mean curves showing the distribution of organic sulfur contents are obtained, were 84 % and 86 % for carbon, 5 % and 4 % for hydrogen, and about 40 % and 20-30 % for volatile matter, for Japanese and foreign coals res pectively.As to these values, Japanese coals ranked at a little lower in coalification series than foreign coals, and this tendency was recognized more clearly with samples that were concentrated by petrographic components.
(4) Kreulen's opinion concerning the origin of coal sulfur, that is, oxygen is displ-aced by sulfur during coalification in the case of high sulfur coal, was found to be appli-cable to the low sulfur coal.
(5) Regarding the distribution of sulfur compounds in samples concentrated by petr-ographic components, the more the inertinite was contained the less the organic sulfur.
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