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Application of vermiculite and limestone to desulphurization and to the removal of dust during briquette combustion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

A. Lu ,
D. Zhao ,
J. Li ,
C. Wang  and
S. Qin
A. Lu*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
D. Zhao
Affiliation:
Electron Microscopy Center and Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St., Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J. Li
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, P R China
C. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
S. Qin
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
*
* E-mail: ahlu@pku.edu.cn
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Abstract

Small domestic cooking furnaces are widely used in China. These cooking furnaces release SO2 gas and dust into the atmosphere and cause serious air pollution. Experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of vermiculite, limestone or CaCO3, and combustion temperature and time on desulphurization and dust removal during briquette combustion in small domestic cooking furnaces. Additives used in the coal are vermiculite, CaCO3 and bentonite. Vermiculite is used for its expansion property to improve the contact between CaCO3 and SO2 and to convey O2 into the interior of briquette; CaCO3 is used as a chemical reactant to react with SO2 to form CaSO4; and bentonite is used to develop briquette strength. Expansion of vermiculite develops loose interior structures, such as pores or cracks, inside the briquette, and thus brings enough oxygen for combustion and sulphation reaction. Effective combustion of the original carbon reduces amounts of dust in the fly ash. X-ray diffraction, optical microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray analysis show that S exists in the ash only as anhydrite CaSO4, a product of SO2 reacting with CaCO3 and O2. The formation of CaSO4 effectively reduces or eliminates SO2 emission from coal combustion. The major factors controlling S retention are vermiculite, CaCO3 and combustion temperature. The S retention ratio increases with increasing vermiculite amount at 950°C. The S retention ratio also increases with increasing Ca/S molar ratio, and the best Ca/S ratio is 2-3 for most combustion. With 12 g of the original coal, 1 to 2 g of vermiculite, a molar Ca/S ratio of 2.55 by adding CaCO3, and some bentonite, a S retention ratio >65% can be readily achieved. The highest S retention ratio of 97.9% is achieved at 950°C with addition of 2 g of vermiculite, a Ca/S ratio of 2.55 and bentonite.

Keywords

coaldesulphurizationdust removalair pollutionvermiculiteCaCO3briquetteashChina
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 67 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 1243 - 1251
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2003

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