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Processing of Wyodak and Illinois ITSL oils: experimental studies. Refining and upgrading of synfuels from coal and oil shales by advanced catalytic processes. Twelfth interim report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5759790
Syncrudes produced from Wyodak and Illinois No. 6 Coals in the Integrated Two-Stage Liquefaction (ITSL) process were upgraded in pilot plant tests by hydrotreating with Chevron's commercial ICR 106 catalyst. Syncrudes with end points ranging from 725/sup 0/F to 900/sup 0/F were studied. In this end point range, relatively small increases in end point made the oils much harder to upgrade. In all cases, however, we found commercially feasible conditions to remove virtually all of the heteroatom impurities. At a given feed end point, processing severities required for Illinois and Wyodak oils were about the same. In this report, we compare properties of the Illinois and Wyodak ITSL oils and their products. The high density jet fuel and diesel products are of particular interest, because of their high volumetric energy contents. 9 refs., 22 figs., 30 tabs.
Research Organization:
Chevron Research Co., Richmond, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC22-76ET10532
OSTI ID:
5759790
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/10532-T28; ON: DE86008696
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English