Influence of organic coal structure on liquefaction behavior: An update with emphasis on low-severity conditions
The influence of coal structure on primary conversions and oil yields in thermolytic extraction with different H-donor and non-H-donor solvents and in dry catalytic hydrogenation has been investigated. Pre-soaking of coal/H-donor solvent slurries at 250/degree/C increased conversions and the level of hydrogen transfer at short contact times (SCT, less than or equal to 10 min), demonstrating studies, prior removal of THF-extractable material (mobile phase) from one bituminous coal actually gave rise to higher conversions to pyridine-solubles for non-donor polynuclear aromatic compounds (PAC), such as naphthalene, phenanthrene and pyrene. These findings highlight the difficulties in relating primary conversions to coal characteristics. In contrast, oil yields have been found to increase broadly with decreasing rank in both H-donor solvent extraction with a process solvent and dry catalytic hydrogenation. However, in SCT tetralin extraction where poor physical contact between coal and solvent exists, neither total conversion nor oil yield correlates with rank. 23 refs., 1 fig., 3 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG22-83PC60811; AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6315739
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-89-1217C; CONF-890515-1; ON: DE89013586
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AROMATICS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL RANK
CONDENSED AROMATICS
DISPERSIONS
DISSOLUTION
ENERGY SOURCES
EXTRACTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL SLURRIES
FUELS
FURANS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN TRANSFER
HYDROGENATION
LIQUEFACTION
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS
MOLYBDENUM SULFIDES
NAPHTHALENE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SOLVENTS
PHENANTHRENE
PYRENE
REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SLURRIES
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SOLVENTS
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SUSPENSIONS
TETRAHYDROFURAN
TETRALIN
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
YIELDS