Coal liquefaction catalyst development. Quarterly progress report No. 3, October 1-December 31, 1979

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5435181· OSTI ID:5435181

Kim, D. K.; Pellet, R. J.; Mahoney, J. A.

Catalytic baseline runs continued with HDS-1442A in order to improve our baseline statistics as well as to monitor batch reactor performance. Testing of several new catalyst formulations was completed. No promising candidates for testing in the continuous aging unit were identified. The new SRC-II slurry oil was evaluated as a hydrogen donor liquefaction solvent. Our data indicates that the SRC-II heavy distillate oil is not as effective a hydrogen donor solvent as the hydrogenated anthracene oil. It is possible that the catalyst plays a key role in the thermal liquefaction reactions by improving the hydrogen donor properties of the slurry oil through in-situ hydrogenation. The differences in liquefaction behavior between Illinois No. 6 and Wyodak coal were determined. A major portion of our effort was concerned with ascertaining the liquefaction behavior of a Western coal such as Wyodak with AMOCAT type catalysts. A two-month program to determine the feasibility of using the Amoco continuous aging unit for SRC-I product upgrading was outlined.

• Research Organization: Amoco Oil Co., Naperville, IL (USA). Research and Development Dept.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79ET14803
• OSTI ID: 5435181
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/14803-T4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
COAL
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL LIQUIDS
DATA
DATA FORMS
DISSOLUTION
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GRAPHS
H-COAL PROCESS
INFORMATION
LIQUEFACTION
NUMERICAL DATA
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RECYCLING
SRC-II PROCESS
SYNTHESIS
TABLES
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES