The combustion process of pulverized-coal is widely used in different industries as a supplier of energy. In order to investigate the influence of heating rate on the combustion kinetics of pulverized-coal,the study of combustion pulverized-coal at different heating rates( 20 ℃/min,25 ℃/min,30 ℃/min,and 35 ℃/min) was conducted by thermogravimetric analysis. The results show that the entire combustion process indicates a thermal hysteresis phenomenon with heating rate increasing. According to the characteris...