Refining and upgrading of synfuels from coal and oil shales by advanced catalytic processes. Quarterly report, April--June 1978

Technical Report · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6233330· OSTI ID:6233330

Sullivan, R. F.; Rudy, C. E.; Chen, H. C.

SRC-I and SRC-II, two different forms of solvent refined coal, have sharply contrasting characteristics as coal-derived feeds for conversion to transportation fuels. SRC-I process product is a relatively unattractive feed for conversion to distillate fuels using commercial fixed bed catalytic hydroprocessing technology. It is necessary to dissolve the high melting SRC-I in a solvent before it can be pumped in the processing units. Catalyst bed and equipment plugging is a serious problem. The catalyst rapidly deactivates, and hydrogen consumption is very high. Refining costs for SRC-I process product are judged to be relatively high. In contrast, preliminary results indicate that the SRC-II process product is quite an attractive feed for conversion to transportation fuels using modern petroleum hydroprocessing technology. Essentially all of the nitrogen can be removed in a single catalytic hydrotreating stage to yield a low boiling distillate. Based on limited information on the product properties, we expect to be able to convert this distillate to specification transportation fuels using conventional petroleum processing technology.

• Research Organization: Chevron Research Co., Richmond, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EX-76-C-01-2315
• OSTI ID: 6233330
• Report Number(s): FE-2315-28
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL LIQUIDS
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
DATA
DATA FORMS
DEACTIVATION
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUIDS
FUELS
HYDROGENATION
INFORMATION
LIQUEFACTION
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
PROCESSING
REFINING
REMOVAL
SOLVENT-REFINED COAL
SRC PROCESS
SRC-II PROCESS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
TABLES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES