Distribution of Sulfur Forms in Low Temperature Pyrolysis of Coal

Abstract

The distribution of sulfur forms in the products of low temperature pyrolysis of Carboniferous high sulfur coal from Northwest China was investigated. The typical method of Gray-King assay was used to carry out the low temperature pyrolysis experiments. GC-MS analysis was used to investigate the composition of sulfur compounds in the coal tar. The results show that sulfur mainly remained in the semi-coke and accounted for 80.97% of the total sulfur. Pyrites decomposed and transformed into sulfates and organic sulfur. 5 sulfur containing compounds were detected in the coal tar and they are dibenzothiophene, benzonaphthothiophene and their substituted homologs.