Pyrolysis Characteristics of Jet Coal and Oxidation of Residues in Zhundong Coalfield Fires.

Coalfield fire area reburning is one of the serious disasters in fire prevention and safety production. In this study, a synchronous thermal analyzer was used to conduct isothermal pyrolysis of jet coal at different temperatures, and the reaction characteristic parameters of different pyrolysis residual structures were analyzed. FTIR was used to measure group contents in raw coal and different pyrolysis residues. Programmed oxidation thermogravimetric experiments were carried out on the residues to obtain their oxidation characteristic parameters. The results demonstrated that the reaction characteristic parameters of the residual structures changed at 450 °C. The pyrolysis reaction mainly affected the variation of hydroxyl, aliphatic hydrocarbon, and aromatic hydrocarbon groups. The increase in pyrolysis temperature resulted in the decline in hydroxyl and aliphatic hydrocarbon groups as well as the increase in the aromatic hydrocarbon group. After pyrolysis, the ignition point temperature of the coal sample decreased, which causes the coal more likely to spontaneously ignite. It indicated that the pyrolysis residue at 450 °C is most likely to reburn. Compared with raw coal, the maximum combustion intensity of the pyrolysis residue was greatly increased, which reached the peak at 500 °C.
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