Research Article

Study of the Effect of Drying on the Pore Structure and Rate of Oxygen Consumption and Heat Release of Immersed Lignite

Table 4

Pore volume ratios for different pore sizes of raw coal and saturated coal after drying.

Raw coal<10 nm10–100 nm100–1000 nm>1000 nmSaturated dry coal<10 nm10–100 nm100–1000 nm>1000 nm
Pore volume ratio (%)Pore volume ratio (%)

1-1-Rc4.441.80.053.81-1-ad-8 h2.320.50.077.2
1-2-Rc4.139.40.056.51-2-ad-8 h1.715.00.083.4
1-3-Rc0.76.43.989.01-3-ad-8 h0.98.37.982.9
2-1-Rc3.132.30.064.62-1-ad-24 h1.110.81.187.1
2-2-Rc4.633.30.062.12-2-ad-24 h1.06.82.689.5
2-3-Rc3.831.20.065.02-3-ad-24 h1.611.71.884.9
3-1-Rc3.944.10.052.03-1-ad-48 h1.110.84.983.2
3-2-Rc2.324.60.073.23-2-ad-48 h2.118.710.868.4
3-3-Rc5.156.30.038.63-3-ad-48 h2.522.66.868.0