AbstractIn order to clarify the mechanism of coal pyrolysis with ash as the heat carrier,thermodynamic(HSC)and experimental study on the interactions between typical ash components(CaSO4and Fe2O3)and pyrolysis products(H2,CO,CH4and char)are carried out.The results show that the pyrolytic reducing gas(H2,CO)reacts withCaSO4or Fe2O3in the pyrolysis temperature range,leading to the decrease inH2and CO concentration but increase in CO2concentration.Char is oxidized by CaSO4or Fe2O3into CO and CO2,and the dominant gaseous products are CO2at low temperature and CO at high temperature.In addition,thermodynamic and experimental results show that compared with CaSO4and Fe2O3has higher reactivity,preferentially reacting with pyrolytic gas or char.