PULSED NEUTRON-BASED ONLINE COAL ANALYSIS

Authors
DEP L BELBOT M VOURVOPOULOS G SUDAR S
Citation
L. Dep et al., PULSED NEUTRON-BASED ONLINE COAL ANALYSIS, Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry, 234(1-2), 1998, pp. 107-112
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear","Chemistry Analytical","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
02365731
Volume
234
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
107 - 112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0236-5731(1998)234:1-2<107:PNOCA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A neutron generator-based on-line coal analysis system is described, c apable of measuring the content of the major and minor elements in coa l. The system utilizes reactions produced from fast and themal neutron s, as well as from neutron activation with half lives of seconds or mi nutes. Characteristic gamma-rays, detected with EGO detectors are used for the identification of the various chemical elements. The method f or the analysis of the gamma-ray spectra is presented, and the measure ments of coal density, carbon and sulfur content are shown.