The chemical basis for removal of organic sulfur from coal via JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) chlorinolysis

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry; (USA)

OSTI ID:5501087

Aida, T; Venier, C G; Squires, T G ^[1]

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1. Iowa State Univ., Ames (USA)

While it seems obvious that investigation of the chemistry of coal desulfurization is necessary to develop more efficient and economical processes, this important research area has received little attention. For example, Chlorinolysis was investigated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) more than ten years ago and reported to remove up to 60% of the organic sulfur. Yet the chemical pathway by which organic sulfur is removed is still unknown. The authors have investigated the behavior of various organic sulfur functional groups under JPL Chlorinolysis conditions (Cl{sub 2}/CH{sub 3}CCl{sub 3}/H{sub 2}O) in order to elucidate the major desulfurization pathways. They have also looked at undesirable chlorination side reactions and have briefly examined conditions which minimize the ratio of chlorination to desulfurization.

• OSTI ID: 5501087
• Report Number(s): CONF-8704353--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry; (USA) Journal Volume: 32:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010402* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Purification & Upgrading
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATION
CHLORINE
COAL
DATA
DESULFURIZATION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HALOGENATION
HALOGENS
INFORMATION
MATERIALS
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
YIELDS