Geochemistry and oxidative potential of the respirable fraction of powdered mined Chinese coals
This study evaluates geochemical and oxidative potential (OP) properties of the respirable (finer than 4 μm) fractions of 22 powdered coal samples from channel profiles (CP4) in Chinese mined coals. The CP4 fractions extracted from milled samples of 22 different coals were mineralogically and geochemically analysed and the relationships with the OP evaluated. The evaluation between CP4/CP demonstrated that CP4 increased concentrations of anatase, Cs, W, Zn and Zr, whereas sulphates, Fe, S, Mo, Mn, Hf and Ge decreased their CP4 concentrations. OP results from ascorbic acid (AA), glutathione (GSH) and dithiothreitol (DTT) tests evidenced a clear link between specific inorganic components of CP4 with OPAA and the organic fraction of OPGSH and OPDTT. Correlation analyses were performed for OP indicators and the geochemical patterns of CP4. These were compared with respirable dust samples from prior studies. They indicate that Fe (r = 0.83), pyrite (r = 0.66) and sulphate minerals (r = 0.42) (tracing acidic species from pyrite oxidation), followed by S (r = 0.50) and ash yield (r = 0.46), and, to a much lesser extent, Ti, anatase, U, Mo, V and Pb, are clearly linked with OPAA. Moreover, OPGSH correlation was identified by organic matter, as moisture (r = 0.73), Na (r = 0.56) and B (r = 0.51), and to a lesser extent by the coarse particle size, Ca and carbonate minerals. In addition, Mg (r = 0.70), B (r = 0.47), Na (r = 0.59), Mn, Ba, quartz, particle size and Sr regulate OPDTT correlations. These became more noticeable when the analysis was done for samples of the same type of coal rank, in this case, bituminous.
Main Authors: | Trechera, Pedro, Moreno, Teresa, Córdoba, Patricia, Moreno, Natalia, Amato, Fulvio, Cortés, Joaquim, Zhuang, Xinguo, Li, Baoqing, Li, Jing, Shangguan, Yunfei, Oliete Dominguez, Ana, Kelly, Frank, Mhadhbi, Takoua, Jaffrezo, Jean Luc, Uzu, Gaello, Querol, Xavier |
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Other Authors: | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) |
Format: | artículo biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-12-15
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Subjects: | Chinese coal, Coal dust, Respirable dust, Oxidative potential, Coal geochemistry, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/250114 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 |
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