a study on the intrinsic kinetics of steam gasification made in a tubular reactor with the char prepared from Jincheng anthracite coal is reported. The reaction temperature is from 850 to 1100℃. There is a maximum rate of gasification at xc = 0.2.The relationship of dxc/dt vs xc and temperature under atmospheric pressure is as follow: The relationship of dxc/dt vs pH2O in the range of pressure from 0.1 to 1.5 MPa at 950 ℃ is