Supercritical water based liquefaction. Quarterly report No. 2, December 15, 1984-March 14, 1985

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5802665

Stenberg, V I

In 1984, we began using H/sub 2/O-H/sub 2/S as a substitute for organic, hydrogen-donor pasting solvents for coal liquefaction. The philosophy for its use is that the water fulfills the role of the slurrying liquid and H/sub 2/S is the hydrogen atom donor. The data of Table 1 compare the H/sub 2/O-H/sub 2/S results along with those using (1) a petroleum-coal based organic solvent, anthracene oil (A04) together with a solvent refined coal middle distillate from the demonstration plant at Tacoma, Washington (SRCMD) and (2) dihydrophenanthrene (DHP), a reputedly excellent hydrogen donor solvent. Water with synthesis gas equal the performance of A04-SRCMD with synthesis gas for the conversion of two coal samples into volatile materials at the conditions used. The presence of a small amount of H/sub 2/S enhances the as-defined yields whether in water or in an organic solvent. The reactions which had the temperature programmed from 300/sup 0/C to 500/sup 0/C using H/sub 2/O-H/sub 2/S and synthesis gas gave the best of the aqueous-H/sub 2/S conversion yields. Synthesis gas is superior to pure H/sub 2/ (980 psig). The dihydrophenanthrene (DHP) runs gave better conversions than either water or A04-SRCMD given otherwise the same experimental conditions. However, DHP decomposes to the extent of 11% at 420/sup 0/C at 30 minutes, and the non-gaseous products are solids rather than liquids as they are with the water runs. The water runs were the easiest to separate from the product slurry. The distillation was complete in approx. 3 hours with the water runs whereas it took from 5 to 7 hours to get to constant weight with the organic solvent-based runs. The oil separated by gravity from the water in the water based run distillates. 11 refs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG22-84PC70787
• OSTI ID: 5802665
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/70787-T1; ON: DE85008656
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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