Study on the influence of key active groups on gas products in spontaneous combustion of coal

In order to reveal the internal relationship between the active groups and gas products in spontaneous combustion of coal, the correlation between the content of active functional groups and the production of gas products was studied by temperature programmed experiment and in situ infrared spectroscopy analysis experiment. The results show that there are three characteristic temperature points in the gas release curve of Jurassic coal spontaneous combustion in northern Shaanxi, which can be divided into slow oxidation stage, critical temperature stage, rapid oxidation reaction stage and combustion stage. CH3, CH2, C–H and OH are actively consumed in the spontaneous combustion of coal. CO gradually increased, which is an important oxidation product during Jurassic coal oxidation in northern Shaanxi. The chain length CH2/CH3 is attacked and the fracture shortened, while the oxygen enrichment degree of CO/CC in coal increases gradually. The correlation values of key active groups of CH3, CH2, C–H, OH, CO, CH2/CH3, and CO/CC with oxygen, carbon and oxygen gases and alkane and olefin gases in the process of coal oxidation heating in different coal seams in northern Shaanxi during Jurassic period are obtained. The results show that CH3, CH2 and CH2/CH3, are the main parts of oxygen molecules attacking and binding in the Jurassic coal oxidation process in northern Shaanxi, and the oxygen-rich products of coal decompose into carbon oxygen gas and alkane alkene gas. Due to the different activation energies of various active groups, the spontaneous combustion of coal shows different reaction degrees in each stage. The research results can be used to understand the occurrence and development degree of spontaneous coal combustion, and have important guiding significance for the monitoring and warning of spontaneous coal combustion and the targeted prevention and control of spontaneous coal combustion disasters.