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Research and development of an advanced process for the conversion of coal to synthetic gasoline and other distillate fuels. Quarterly technical progress report No. 12, for the period October 1980-December 1980. Draft. [Dimethylformamide-heptane; methanol]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5341622

We conclude from our present work that: continuous liquid extraction of SRC-II middle distillate with aqueous methanol is well-understood and can be practiced to produce raffinate and extract products of predictable nitrogen and oxygen content; compared to extraction with dimethylformamide (DMF)-heptane, extraction of SRC-II middle distillate with aqueous methanol removes only about one-half as much oxygen- and nitrogen-containing material at an equivalent degree of extraction; extraction of about 25 wt % of SRC-II middle distillate produces double the hydrodenitrogenation rate constant of the raffinate product. DMF-heptane extraction is much more effective; hydrotreatment of the unextracted SRC-II middle distillate at 400/sup 0/C, 2500 psig, and 0.9 LHSV can remove about all of the nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur but hydrogen consumption is about 2600 SCFH/sub 2//BBL; in the continuous hydrorefining of SRC-II middle distillate, space velocity has the greatest effect and hydrogen pressure the least effect on nitrogen removal and hydrogen consumption. 9 figs., 8 tabs.

Research Organization:
Suntech, Inc., Marcus Hook, PA (USA). Research and Engineering Div.
DOE Contract Number:
AC22-76ET10592
OSTI ID:
5341622
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/10592-T2; FE-2306-48-Draft; ARD-2891-Draft; ON: DE85017623
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English