Improved catalysts for coal liquefaction. Quarterly report No. 1, August 28-November 30, 1984

Technical Report · Fri Dec 14 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6142812

Haynes, Jr, H W

Organizational aspects of the project have been completed including the assignment of thesis topics, design of equipment, and ordering of various equipment components. Assembly of the bench scale hydrotreating unit is underway, and a feedstock for the deactivation studies has been selected and procured. Assembly of the Temperature Programmed Desorption (TPD) apparatus for catalyst acidity determinations is nearing completion. A search of the literature has revealed several recipes for preparing low acidity aluminas, and the chemicals required for these preparations have been ordered. An exploratory preparation of a large pore alumina in the presence of a methyl cellulose polymer appears to have been successful. In another exploratory preparation, a catalyst was coated with an alumina shell by the heterogeneous precipitation method. 11 references.

• Research Organization: Wyoming Univ., Laramie (USA). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: FG22-84PC70812
• OSTI ID: 6142812
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/70812-1; ON: DE85004478
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
CATALYSTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
COAL LIQUEFACTION
LIQUEFACTION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SYNTHESIS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES