title: Advances in the development of wire mesh reactor for coal gasification studies.
abstract: In an effort to further understand the coal gasification behavior in entrained-flow gasifiers, a high pressure and high temperature wire mesh reactor with new features was recently built. An advanced LABVIEW-based temperature measurement and control system were adapted. Molybdenum wire mesh with aperture smaller than 70 mum and type D thermocouple were used to enable high carbon conversion (>90%) at temperatures >1000 degrees C. Gaseous species from wire mesh reactor were quantified using a high sensitivity gas chromatography. The material balance of coal pyrolysis in wire mesh reactor was demonstrated for the first time by improving the volatile's quantification techniques.
authors.affiliation: Coal Polygeneration Technologies Laboratory, GE Global Research-Shanghai, Shanghai 201203, China. cai.zeng@ge.com
authors.forename: Cai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wenhua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Baoming
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hongdong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zamansky