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Petrological study of the formed coke of the high rank coals from Yicheng, Shanxi, P.R. China
Junying Zhang, Guo Mintai, MA Yong-he, Deyi Ren
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Abstract
The high quality of formed coke has been produced by using anthracite and lean coal of Yicheng. The coals are mixed with the binder according to the proper ratio. The macerals of the coals, the microtextures of the formed coke, the gas pores and their distributions have been quantitatively analyzed under MPV-3 microphotometer. The results show that the base anisotropy and the flake texture are the main microtextures of the formed coke, up to 60.5% and 25.3% in volume; the mosaic texture (which is mainly the coarse grained mosaic texture) and the fiber texture are only 7.2% and 3.4% in volume; the analog fusinite and the fragment are 2.4%; and the isotropic texture is 0.3% in volume. The microtextures of the formed coke are determined by the macerals in the high rank coals and the property of the binder. The base anisotropic texture comes from the macerals of the anthracite and lean coal which vary a little in the carbonization process; the flake and fiber textures come from the binder; and the binder and the lean coal may convert into a few of the isotropic and mosaic textures. The gas pores in the formed coke have been statistically analyzed. Themore » D 130{micro}m gas pores are relative less, only 18.83%, in which 130--195{micro}m, 195--260{micro}m, 260--325{micro}m, and > 325{micro}m are 7.84%, 4.60%, 2.07% and 4.32% respectively. The average diameter of the gas pores in the formed coke is 115.24{micro}m, the void content is 55.09% in volume, the average sphericity of the gas pores is 1.99. The distribution of gas pores is not uniform, The anthracite and lean coal are almost not softened and flowed, they only produce a few small pores. The pores are mainly produced by the binder, but the pores are larger and the walls of the pores are very thin and disconnected. The microtextures and the distributions of the gas pores in the formed coke of the high rank coal are obviously different from those in the metallurgical coke.« less