Volatile Production During Preignition Coal Heating. Quarterly Progress Report, October 1981-December 1981

摘要

The objective of this program is to define the relationship between volatile matter production from pulverized coal and flame stabilization in a boiler environment. The behavior of pulverized coal under preignition heating conditions will be experimentally determined and subsequently correlated with a detailed kinetic and transport model. Design and fabrication of the experimental apparatus is complete. The entire flow, optics and diagnostic systems have been installed in the test cell and are operational. Problems have been encountered which have severely affected scheduling. The laser safety system for control of the laser beam path had mechanical defects which resulted in poor control of beam location in the test cell. This problem has been remedied. Subsequently, other laser problems caused a complete shutdown of the testing. This has resulted in the program becoming significantly behind schedule.