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Show PSU-FCL-C-83-722 1 STANDARDIZED FLAME/NONFLAME, COAL/NON-COAL IGNITION/BURNOUT TIME TESTS FOR NEAT PULVERIZED COALS AND THEIR SLURRIES James J. Reuther Director, Fuels and Combustion Laboratory Associate Professor of Fuel Science 320 Steidle Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 USA ABSTRACT By comparing results from separate experiments with various com-bustors at The Pennsylvania State University Fuels and Combustion Laboratory and from the industrial combustion literature, a rather novel procedure for testing pulverized coal, coal-derivatives, and coal-water slurry fuels for their ignition and burnout characteristics without burning any coal or coal-water slurry fuel has been advanced. This non-coal procedure complements the noncombustion one (dTGA) that is widely-used in industrial practise. Moreover, some chemical insight is gained into the ignition mechanism of pulverized coal with this new method. J 22-1 |