Characterization of Fly Ash Cenospheres Produced from the Combustion of Ekibastuz Coal

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• 作者：Elena V. Fomenko ; Natalia N. Anshits ; Nataly G. Vasilieva ; Olga A. Mikhaylova ; Elena S. Rogovenko ; Anatoliy M. Zhizhaev ; Alexander G. Anshits
• 刊名：Energy & Fuels
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：August 20, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：29
• 期：8
• 页码：5390-5403
• 全文大小：1004K
• ISSN：1520-5029

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The relationship between the chemical composition and shell structure of cenospheres with a low bulk density of 0.40鈥?.45 g/cm³ and a high Al₂O₃ content of 33鈥?8 wt鈥? has been systematically studied. It was established that the composition of the narrow fractions of cenospheres can be described by the general regression equation SiO₂/Al₂O₃ = 4.34 鈥?0.08[Al₂O₃] with the correlation coefficient of r = 鈭?.99. The phase composition includes the glass phase (57鈥?3 wt鈥?), mullite (25鈥?0 wt鈥?), and quartz (1.2鈥?.5 wt鈥?). An increase in the Al₂O₃ content leads to an increase in the size of particles and the porosity of their shells. In the obtained fractions of cenospheres, there are two types of globules: spherical globules with a single-ring structure and foamy globules with a network structure. It is established that the composition of individual particles with a network structure localized in the range of the Al₂O₃ content from 43 wt鈥? to 51 wt鈥? and can be described by the regression equation SiO₂/Al₂O₃ = 2.71 鈥?0.04[Al₂O₃] with the correlation coefficient of r = 鈭?.97. The framework of these particles permeated by mullite microcrystallites and coated with a nanoscale surface film. The structure-forming mineral precursor of these particles is kaolinite. The gross composition of the shell of individual globules with a single-ring structure localized in the range of the Al₂O₃ content from 26 wt鈥? to 42 wt鈥? and can be described by the general regression equation SiO₂/Al₂O₃ = 4.71鈥?.09[Al₂O₃] with the correlation coefficient of r = 鈭?.98. The outer and inner surfaces of the shell are covered by large and small in-plane localized mullite crystals hidden by the nanoscale film. The spherical shape and their crystalline framework are formed from the illite melt with inclusions of products of the thermal conversion of other mineral forms.