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Abstract
The combustion characteristics of soot generated in natural gas diffusion flame (homemade natural gas soot, NGS) were investigated using thermogravimetric analysis under different oxygen concentrations (21%, 15%, 10% and 5%), and compared with those of candle soot, 4 industrial NGS and one anthracite coke. The combustion characteristic parameters of the test samples can be achieved through data analysis. The results show that NGS sample has better ignition features and lower ignition temperature than other NGS samples and the coke with the low volatile matter. Under oxygen concentration of 21% the ignition temperature of homemade NGS is 483.0℃ which is 114℃ and 127.8℃ lower than those of the coke and the candle soot, respectively. The burning index ((dG/dt)max/ti2) of homemade NGS is lower than that of coke due to its high volatile matter. The combustion reactivity of homemade NGS is weak in the late combustion stage. With decreasing oxygen concentration the ignition temperatures of samples change within 50℃. The relative burnout time of homemade NGS is longest, 6.03 min under 21% oxygen concentration, which is 21.3% longer than that of coke. The difference of burnout property between homemade NGS and coke is small. The burnout time of candle soot is also long due to the small particle size of the soot. With decreasing oxygen concentration the burnout times of the samples are prolonged. For homemade NGS the burnout time is 2.97 times longer when oxygen concentration decreases from 21% to 5%.
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