Effect of Water Vapor on Pore Structure, Surface Functional Groups, and Combustion Performance of Pyrolytic Semicoke.

The coal tends to be affected by the water vapor from quenching coke process in the pyrolysis process during the coal carbonization process and in turn causes the variation of physicochemical properties of semicoke. The preparation of semicoke based on different pyrolysis temperatures and water vapor content was carried out in order to investigate the influence of water vaper on physicochemical properties of the pyrolytic semicoke, combined with specific surface area analysis and thermal analysis to study the pore structure and combustion properties of semicoke. The morphology of the semicoke and the alteration rule of carbon-containing functional groups were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.