Production and screening of carbon products precursors from coal. Quarterly technical progress report and key personnel staffing report No. 6, April 1, 1996--June 30, 1996

Technical Report · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/415783· OSTI ID:415783

The main goal of this program is to demonstrate the utility of coal extracts from the West Virginia University (WVU) extraction process as suitable base raw materials for the carbon products encompassed by the Carbon Products Consortium (CPC) team. This quarterly report covers activities during the period from April 1, 1996 through June 30, 1996. The first year of the project ended in February, 1996; however, the WVU research effort has continued on a no-cost extension of the original contract. Samples have been supplied to CPC participants so they could conduct their portions of the project as contracted through ORNL. Progress reports are presented for the following tasks: project planning and administration; consortium administration and reporting; coal extraction; technical/economic evaluation of WVU extraction process; and technology transfer. Previous work has shown that the WVU coal extraction process coupled with hydrotreatment, does have the potential for producing suitable base raw materials for carbon products. Current effort, therefore, involved the screening and evaluation of extracts produced by the WVU Group and recommending appropriate materials for scaleup for subsequent evaluation by Consortium Team members. As part of this program, the activation of the coal extraction residues was investigated for the purpose of producing a useful active carbon. A further task, which was started towards the end of the program, was to fabricate a small graphite artifact using Coke derived from coal extract as the filler and the coal extract itself as a binder. The results of these studies are summarized in this report.

• Research Organization: West Virginia Univ. Research Corp., Morgantown, WV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-95PC94063
• OSTI ID: 415783
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/94063--T6; ON: DE97050215
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
ACTIVATED CARBON
CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
COAL EXTRACTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FABRICATION
GRAPHITE
PRODUCTION
PROGRESS REPORT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER