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