Serial biological conversion of coal to liquid fuels

Technical Report · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5650017

Water soluble coal products produced by the action of coal solubilizing organisms LSC and H12 were obtained and used in a second biological process for conversion to alcohol fuels. Several sources of natural inocula were screened and studied for their ability to produce fuels from solubilized coal. Alcohols and organic acids were produced from cultures obtained from sewage sludge and sheep and rumen fluid. The sheep rumen culture, in addition to producing alcohols and acids, was capable of totally eliminating color from the culture medium indicating significant breakdown of the solubilized coal. 12 refs., 9 figs., 59 tabs.

• Research Organization: Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-87PC79937
• OSTI ID: 5650017
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/79937-T5; ON: DE91014806
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
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550700 -- Microbiology
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ACETATES
ACETIC ACID
ALCOHOLS
ANIMALS
BACTERIA
BIOCONVERSION
BROWN COAL
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
COAL
CULTURE MEDIA
DISSOLUTION
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ENERGY SOURCES
ETHANOL
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNGI
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
LIGNITE
LIQUID FUELS
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
MICROORGANISMS
MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
RUMINANTS
SHEEP
SLUDGES
VERTEBRATES
YIELDS