Distribution Characteristics of Sulfur and the Main Harmful Trace Elements in China＇s Coal.pdfVIP

Vo1．82 No．3 PP．722-730 ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA June 2o08 Distribution Characteristics of Sulfur and the Main Harmful Trace Elements in China’s Coal TANG Shuheng ’，SUN Shenglin ，QIN Yong ，儿ANG Yaofa4 and WANG Wenfeng。 l Schoo ofEnergy Resources。China University ofGeosciences，Beijing 100083，China 2 C ina National Administration of Coal Geology,Beijing 1 0003 9China 3 School ofMinera Resource and Earth Science，China University ofMining and Technology, Xuzhou，Jiangsu 221008，China 4 Xuzhou Institute ofArchitectural Technology,Xuzhou，Jiangsu 221008,China Abstract：To promote the rational development and use of clean coal resources in China．data on the regional and age distribution of sulfur-arsenic and otlIer harmful elements in C：hinese coal was broadly collected，tested for content，and analyzed．Coal in northwestern China is characterized by low to extremely low levels of sulfur：the coal of the Taiyuan Formation in northern C：hina mainly has higlI．sulfur content；that of the Shanxi Formation is mainly characterized by low sulfur coal；and the Late Permian coal in southern C：hina has overall higher sulfur content；other regions have low sulfur coa1．The average content of harmful trace elements in the bulk of China’s coal is similar to the corresponding content in the coal of the North America and the rest of the world，whereas the content of various elements(Hg，Sb and Se)is different in magnitude to the corresponding percentage in the crust．The average content of the elements Cr,Se，Co，Be，U，Br in Late Permian coal in S China ranks first in the country whereas the average content of Hg and Cl in the coals of Late Carboniferous to Early Permian age in N China are the highe