Activation energy for the oxidation of Malaysian coal chars

• Main Authors: Haji-Sulaiman, M.Z., Aroua, M.K.
• Format: Article
• Published: Journal of the Institute of Energy 1997
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/7510/; http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2170183

The oxidation of two Malaysian coal chars has been studied by means of a thermal gravimetric analyser (TGA). The weight-loss data were analysed by the Temperature Program Reaction (TPR) technique, which employed the random pore model of Bhatia & Perlmutter1. All experiments were conducted wi...