Fundamental Issues in Control of Carbon Gasification Reactivity NATO Science Series E: closed

There are two basic issues in controlling the reactivity of carbon, which are the reduction of the gasification rate of carbon materials in hostile environments, and increasing the gasification rate in order to utilize carbonaceous compounds more effectively. Although these two objectives appear somewhat contradictory, they are both necessary to a general understanding of the gasification reactivity of carbons.

This book, compiled from contributions by an international group of leading physical chemists and engineers working in carbon science, includes chapters on: chemical and char gasification (chemical kinetics and mass transport); the use of the active site concept to describe carbon reactivity; the catalytic gasification as well as the reactivity of carbon electrodes; the protection of carbon against oxidation; and the development of pore structure.

It also includes a synthesis of all the main contributions and recommendations for further work.