Oxidation of coke deposited on spent catalytic cracking catalysts was compared with that of coal and coal char via the non-isothermal oxidation means, i.e. the thermal-gravimetric analysis （TGA） and the differential...Oxidation of coke deposited on spent catalytic cracking catalysts was compared with that of coal and coal char via the non-isothermal oxidation means, i.e. the thermal-gravimetric analysis （TGA） and the differential thermal analysis （DTA）. Oxidation kinetic parameters were further investigated by model-fitting methods. The test results showed that the oxidation of spent catalysts was a quite mild process, while coal and coal char experienced sharp weight loss during oxidation. The temperature for commencement and termination of oxidation increased in the following order： coal〈coal char〈spent catalysts, and the oxidation of the three tested materials displayed a self-catalytic nature, with their largest oxidation rate appearing at a weight percent of 24.96%, 34.21% and 57.93%, respectively. The oxidation of spent catalysts obeyed a random nucleation model for the first-order reaction, with Ea=206.13 kJ/mol and lgA=10.10, and the oxidation of coal could be a diffusion-controlled reaction mechanism, with Ea=161.61 kJ/mol and lgA=7.74, while the oxidation of coal char also obeyed a random nucleation model for the first-order reaction, with Ea= 149.36 k J/mol and lgA=7.89.展开更多
文摘Oxidation of coke deposited on spent catalytic cracking catalysts was compared with that of coal and coal char via the non-isothermal oxidation means, i.e. the thermal-gravimetric analysis （TGA） and the differential thermal analysis （DTA）. Oxidation kinetic parameters were further investigated by model-fitting methods. The test results showed that the oxidation of spent catalysts was a quite mild process, while coal and coal char experienced sharp weight loss during oxidation. The temperature for commencement and termination of oxidation increased in the following order： coal〈coal char〈spent catalysts, and the oxidation of the three tested materials displayed a self-catalytic nature, with their largest oxidation rate appearing at a weight percent of 24.96%, 34.21% and 57.93%, respectively. The oxidation of spent catalysts obeyed a random nucleation model for the first-order reaction, with Ea=206.13 kJ/mol and lgA=10.10, and the oxidation of coal could be a diffusion-controlled reaction mechanism, with Ea=161.61 kJ/mol and lgA=7.74, while the oxidation of coal char also obeyed a random nucleation model for the first-order reaction, with Ea= 149.36 k J/mol and lgA=7.89.
