Catalytic hydrogenation of coal-derived liquids. Interim report, March 1980-May 1980

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5358948· OSTI ID:5358948

Berg, L.; McCandless, F. P.

The work on the development of catalysts capable of converting solvent refined coal, SRC-II, into a feedstock suitable for a conventional petroleum refinery was continued. This requires a process which reduces the nitrogen content from the 1.17% in SRC-II to at least as low as 0.3%. A catalyst containing MoO/sub 3/, CoO, NiO and WO/sub 3/ was evaluated, subjected to an air burnoff to remove the carbon laydown and re-evaluated. It gave acceptable denitrogenation and desulfurization. Two catalysts containing only MoO/sub 3/ and CoO were fabricated and evaluated both before and after burnoff with air. They did not perform well after burnoff. Two different base materials were evaluated with no metal loading. The base materials alone fail to give specification denitrogenation. A study of the fate of the nitrogen removed showed that most of it is in the carbon laydown, lesser amounts in the liquid product and the least in the offgases. Somewhat better operation takes place when the SRC-II feed is preheated to 100 to 200/sup 0/C. A commercial T.C.C. equilibrium petroleum cracking catalyst is not effective in the denitrogenation of SRC-II.

• Research Organization: Montana State Univ., Bozeman (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-76ET10495
• OSTI ID: 5358948
• Report Number(s): FE-2034-19
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL LIQUIDS
COBALT
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DENITRIFICATION
DESULFURIZATION
ELEMENTS
HYDROGENATION
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUEFACTION
METALS
MOLYBDENUM
NICKEL
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
REFRACTORY METALS
SRC PROCESS
SRC-II PROCESS
SYNTHESIS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TUNGSTEN