Kinetic Analysis of CO₂ Gasification of Petroleum Coke at High Pressures

Determining the intrinsic gasification rates at high pressures is essential for designing and modeling high-pressure technologies. In this study, the intrinsic kinetics of CO 2 gasification of petroleum coke was investigated. The kinetic experiments were performed in a high-pressure thermogravimetric analysis unit at different temperatures (1173–1248 K) and pressures (0.1–2.4 MPa). Grain, volume, and random-pore models were applied to the experimental results to determine the kinetic parameters. The random-pore model provided the best fit to the data and was used to determine the kinetic parameters such that the activation energies and reaction orders could be determined. The reaction rates were described by a power law model that was half-order (0.49 ± 0.02) in CO 2 pressure. Similar activation energies, 260 ± 24 and 254 ± 12 kJ/mol, were determined for pressures of 0.1 and 1.4 MPa, respectively, indicating similar reaction mechanisms for these pressures.