Blending Influence on the Conversion Efficiency of the Cogasification Process of Corn Stover and Coal

Table 2

Proximate analysis of pure and blended samples of corn stover and coal.

(a)

Pure samples
Coal (wt%)				Corn stover (wt%)
MC	VM	FC	AS	MC	VM	FC	AS
0.2	25	24	50.8	8.7	75.3	19.3	3.3

(b)

Blended samples
Blend	CL : CS (wt%)
Ratio (%)	MC	VM	FC	AS
90 : 10	2.5	23	29.5	45.2
80 : 20	2.6	27.3	27	43.1
70 : 30	3.1	32.5	25.4	39
60 : 40	3.4	35.4	36.9	24.3
50 : 50	4.2	48.9	29.6	17.3
40 : 60	5.4	53.6	28.2	12.8
30 : 70	5.9	55.1	28.4	10.6
20 : 80	6.5	66.4	19.8	7.3
10 : 90	7.6	69.8	17.9	4.7

Note. MC: moisture content; VM: volatile matter content; FC: fixed carbon; AS: ash content; CL: coal; CS: corn stover.