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Method for producing catalysts from coal

Patent ·
OSTI ID:570454
A method for producing catalysts from coal is provided comprising mixing an aqueous alkali solution with the coal, heating the aqueous mixture to treat the coal, drying the now-heated aqueous mixture, reheating the mixture to form carbonized material, cooling the mixture, removing excess alkali from the carbonized material, and recovering the carbonized material, wherein the entire process is carried out in controlled atmospheres, and the carbonized material is a hydrocracking or hydrodehalogenation catalyst for liquid phase reactions. The invention also provides for a one-step method for producing catalysts from coal comprising mixing an aqueous alkali solution with the coal to create a mixture, heating the aqueous mixture from an ambient temperature to a predetermined temperature at a predetermined rate, cooling the mixture, and washing the mixture to remove excess alkali from the treated and carbonized material, wherein the entire process is carried out in a controlled atmosphere. 1 fig.
Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,721,186/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-708,991
OSTI ID:
570454
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Hydrodehydroxylation and hydrodehalogenation of substituted polycyclic aromatics using carbon catalysts journal March 1994