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Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of coal-derived liquids and related oxygen-containing compounds

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5379827
A systematic catalytic hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) study of coal-derived liquids (CDL) and related model oxygen-containing compounds was performed in specially adapted autoclave systems, using sulfided Co-Mo/Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ and Ni-W/Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ as catalysts. Starting feedstocks included: (a) polycyclic ketones, viz. 1-tetralone and 2-tetralone; (b) cyclic ethers, viz. isochroman and 1,4-benzodioxan; (c) an aromatic ester, viz. methyl benzoate; (d) phenol; and (e) a representative CDL, viz. SRC-II middle-heavy distillate (b.p. 230 to 455/sup 0/C). Changes in product composition as a function of experimental variables (reaction temperature, hydrogen pressure, reaction time, and catalyst type) were investigated and mechanistic aspects of the HDO reactions elucidated. HDO of the SRC-II distillate was studied as a function of reaction temperature and catalyst by means of elemental ir and C/sup 13/NMR analyses of hydrotreated products. The data were used for a better understanding of the complex HDO reactions involved both in primary liquefaction processes as well as in catalytic CDL upgrading, by correlating the molecular-level data obtained in the study of model O-containing compounds with results of the investigation of the SRC-II distillate.
OSTI ID:
5379827
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English