Effect of microwave irradiation on reactivity of metallurgical coke in CO₂ atmosphere

Abstract

Influence of microwave irradiation on gasification behavior and crystallite parameters of coke samples was studied in this research. The results indicated that microwave irradiation have significant influence on the carbon structure and the reactivity of coke in CO2 atmosphere. The thermogravimetric results showed that the temperature of coke at different conversion rates of 10 %, 20 % and 30 % were reduced by 20 °C, 30 °C and 50 °C respectively. Simultaneously, microwave irradiation may lead to variation in lateral size and stacking height of crystallite and subsequently reduce the gasification reaction rate of coke in CO2 atmosphere.

Keywords

• blast furnace
• metallurgical coke
• thermogravimetric analysis
• microwave
• X-ray diffraction (XRD)