Regularity of Flourine Release from Fluorine-Rich Coal Combustion in the Fluorine Poisoning Area
燃煤氟中毒地区民用高氟煤的氟释放规律

Laboratory experiments and in situ measurements inside farmer's houses indicate that the fluorine concentration of indoor air was positively related with the fluorine content in the consumed coal (R = 0.612, P<0.01), but fluorine content in the coal had no effect on the release rate of coal fluorine under the usual combustion temperature of about 1000 degrees C. The release rate of coal fluorine varied versus combustion temperature ranging from 200 to 1200 degrees C, following a "S" curve pattern, increasing slowly under 300 to 700 degrees C, but quickly under 700 to 1000 degrees C, and then slowly again before finally reaching 100% under 1100 to 1200 degrees C, this curve can be fit by Logistic equation. The release rate of coal fluorine usually depends upon the existence status of fluorine and the chemical and mineral components of the coal. The fluorine in soft coal or anthracite from Guizhou is released more quickly than in bone coal from Southern Shanxi, with the former almost completely released under 1100 degrees C but the later almost completely released under 1200 degrees C. The combustion temperature of civil stoves is at most 1000 degrees C, under which averagely 86.9% of the fluorine in coal from Guizhou and 80.6% of that in bone coal from Southern Shanxi is released.