Recent advances in developing engineered biochar for CO2 capture: An insight into the biochar modification approaches

AN Shafawi, AR Mohamed, P Lahijani… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) is the primary anthropogenic greenhouse gas with a significant
contribution to global warming; this excessive emission needs to be controlled through an …

Effects of microwave-assisted pyrolysis on the microstructure of bituminous coals

H Li, S Shi, B Lin, J Lu, Q Ye, Y Lu, Z Wang, Y Hong… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Microwave-assisted pyrolysis (MWAP) provides distinctive heating for the conversion of coal
into liquid fuels. This work investigated the effects of MWAP on the microstructure of …

Effect of pyrolysis temperature on char structure and chemical speciation of alkali and alkaline earth metallic species in biochar

Y Zhao, D Feng, Y Zhang, Y Huang, S Sun - Fuel Processing Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
To investigate the effect of pyrolysis temperature on char structure and chemical speciation
of alkali and alkaline earth metallic (AAEM) species in biochar, experiments were carried out …

Molecular structure characterization of low-medium rank coals via XRD, solid state 13C NMR and FTIR spectroscopy

J Yan, Z Lei, Z Li, Z Wang, S Ren, S Kang, X Wang… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
In-depth understanding of coal molecular structures is crucial to the clean and efficient coal
conversion, as they are the dominant factors determining the reactivity and reaction …

Correlation analysis of the functional groups and exothermic characteristics of bituminous coal molecules during high-temperature oxidation

J Zhao, J Deng, L Chen, T Wang, J Song, Y Zhang… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Coal spontaneous combustion is characterized by high-temperature oxidation and
microscopic mechanisms. These are essential aspects to understand when attempting to …

Investigation of mechanism and kinetics of non-isothermal low temperature pyrolysis of perhydrous bituminous coal by in-situ FTIR

Z Niu, G Liu, H Yin, D Wu, C Zhou - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Perhydrous coal has advantages as a fuel source and raw material for hydrocarbon
production over other coal with similar rank. Good understanding of thermal characterization …

Pyrolysis behaviors and product distribution of Shenmu coal at high heating rate: A study using TG-FTIR and Py-GC/MS

Y Jiang, P Zong, B Tian, F Xu, Y Tian, Y Qiao… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The chemical properties, pyrolysis behaviors and pyrolysis product distributions of Shenmu
(SM) coal were investigated by proximate and ultimate analysis, thermogravimetric analyzer …

Effects of steam treatment on the internal moisture and physicochemical structure of coal and their implications for coalbed methane recovery

Y Li, C Zhai, J Xu, X Yu, Y Sun, Y Cong, W Tang… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on the advantages of steam in applications of coal gasification, drying of low-rank
coals, and heavy oil recovery, steam is considered to have great potential in the recovery of …

Preparation of N, O co-doped carbon nanotubes and activated carbon composites with hierarchical porous structure for CO2 adsorption by coal pyrolysis

J Yuan, Y Wang, M Tang, X Hao, J Liu, G Zhang… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Coal pyrolysis was employed to create nitrogen–oxygen co-doped CNTs/AC composites for
CO 2 adsorption in this work. In comparison to previous publications on carbon nanotube …

Study on the pore structure and oxygen-containing functional groups devoting to the hydrophilic force of dewatered lignite

Y Zhang, X Jing, K Jing, L Chang, W Bao - Applied Surface Science, 2015 - Elsevier
In order to explore the water-holding capacity of dewatered lignite and the contribution of
pore structure and oxygen-containing functional groups to it, a kind of typical Chinese lignite …