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Offline khamush

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combustion of coke gas
« on: July 13, 2007, 03:27:14 AM »
hello,

have a small question about the products of coke gas combustion.
it is said that the gas contains 60% hydrogen, 25% methane, 5% carbon monoxide, 3% carbon dioxide,3% ethene,3% nitrogen and 1% oxygen.
for the neutralization of its combustion products NaOH is used.
so my question is: what are the products to be neutralized? only CO2? what about combustion of nitrogen then?

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Re: combustion of coke gas
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2007, 03:46:33 AM »
For combustion of N2 in oxygen you need an electric arc (over 3000 C)
Only traces of NO are formed in car engine (temperature  ~ 1000 C)
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significant amount of CO is formed over 1200 C. You can obtain temperature over 1000 C only using pure oxygen, usually air is used.
Hence balance reaction with CO2 and H2O as products, and neutralize CO2 with NaOH
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Re: combustion of coke gas
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2007, 04:14:23 PM »
Also, trace SO2 removed with NaOH.

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Re: combustion of coke gas
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2007, 07:39:22 PM »
Your description fits the gasification of coke using high pressure superheated steam, not combustion of coke. Given you have 3% of CO2, it is advisable that you should use a reactive mean to remove CO2. NaOH would be too corrosive for industrial usage. You might be better off with MEA or DEA.
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