Solid fuels and heavy hydrocarbon liquids : thermal characterization and analysis

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Solid fuels and heavy hydrocarbon liquids : thermal characterization and analysis

R. Kandiyoti, A.A. Herod, K.D. Bartle

Elsevier, 2006

1st ed

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The first strand involves a critical overview of the design of experimental methods used for examining the thermal behaviour of solid fuels [pyrolysis, liquefaction and gasification], while the second will emphasise chemical structures and molecular mass distributions of coal derived tars, extracts and pitches, petroleum-derived asphaltenes, and biomass derived heavy hydrocarbon liquids.Two major, interdependent strands in the study of fossil and renewable fuel utilisation are focused on within this text:(i) Thermal characterisation of solid fuels including various ranks of coals, biomass and waste, and, (ii) The analytical characterisation of heavy hydrocarbon liquids, covering coal, petroleum and biomass derived heavy fractions.

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Preface Chapter 1. Coal and Biomass: The Study of Solid Fuels and their Utilisation Chapter 2. Fossil Fuels: Origins and Characterisation Methods Chapter 3. Pyrolysis: Thermal Breakdown of Solid Fuels in a Gaseous Environment Chapter 4. High-Pressure Reactor Design and Applications: Pyrolysis, Hydropyrolysis and Gasification Chapter 5. Liquefaction: Thermal Breakdown in the Liquid Phase Chapter 6. Thermal Breakdown in Coals: Comparing Structural Changes in Pyrolysis and Liquefaction Chapter 7. Analytical Techniques for Low Mass Materials: Method Development Chapter 8. Analytical Techniques for High Mass Materials: Method Development Chapter 9. Concluding Remarks: Where to With Solid Fuels?

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