Much sample of uniformly heat-treated coal was prepared by using a nitrate bath in which the vessel containing a thin layer of coal sample was heated. The Japanese Nishikawachi strongly coking coal was added to the sixteen vitrain samples described in previous paper. These samples were heat treated with a heating rate of 3°C/ min. over the range from heat treatment temperature (HTT) 200°C to 500°C at intervals of 50°C.
The yield of products the state of devolatilization have a strong correlation with the chemical constitution of original coals. Therefore, the yield of products at HTT 500°C is analogized from the proximate and ultimate analytical constitution of original coals.
The analytical constitution of heat-treated coals depends on HTT and coal rank.
In general, the beginning temperature of change in heat treatment increases with the increase of coal rank. The chemical constitution of heat-treated coals hardly changes below HTT about 350°C, except the lower rank coals below about 80% C. It seems, however, that the change of physical structure of heat-treated coals may happen below HTT about 350°C.
At HTT about 400°C, the chemical constitution in coking coals of 83-87%C begins to change and the devolatilization rate of the lower rank coals shows a maximum. For coking coals, the devolatilization becomes violent and the ultimate analytical constitution of heat-treated coals changes largely at HTT about 450°C. At HTT about 500°C, the change of chemical constitution in strongly coking coals of about 90% C becomes remarkable.
The reaction occured by heating up to HTT 500°C is mainly dehydration for lower rank coals. Dehydration and then demethanation predominate with the increase of coal rank.
The aromaticity of heat-treated coals increases suddeny with the increase of HTT. The aromaticity and the chemical constitution of heat-treated coals at HTT 500°C do not show so large difference each other in comparison with the large difierence in original coals.
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