Advanced coal liquefaction catalyst development. Quarterly progress report No. 12

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6421561

Tait, A M; Mahoney, J A; Schwartz, M M; Wittrig, T S; Pacheco, M A

The principle objective of Task 6 was to attempt to optimize the process conditions (temperature and space velocity) and catalyst composition for both bituminous and subbituminous coal in the Amoco two-stage coal liquefaction process. Pilot plant experiments have been conducted to determine the effect of these process variables on the process performance for Wyodak coal and Illinois No. 6 coal. This report presents the results of experiments that were performed on the pilot plant, AU-51, between July and September of 1984, inclusive. Two full-length catalyst aging runs were conducted during this reporting period. One experiment was designed to study the effect of first-stage space-time on the process performance with Wyodak subbituminous coal. The other experiment, with Illinois No. 6 bituminous coal, was designed to compare the effect of different second-stage catalysts. The major distinction between the two Ni-Mo/Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ catalysts that were compared (Amocat-1C and shell 324M) is the pore size distribution of the support. The run conditions for the two pilot plant experiments have been summarized. The detailed data for both experiments, including coal conversions, product yields, and product quality, have been tabulated. Some results have been plotted herein for the purpose of illustration and discussion of results. Also, a brief summary of all runs conducted on AU-51 and a statement of their purpose has been provided. 15 figs., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Amoco Research Center, Naperville, IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-81PC40009
• OSTI ID: 6421561
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/40009-T12; ON: DE86003770
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
AGING
BITUMINOUS COAL
BLACK COAL
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CATALYSTS
COAL
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HIGH TEMPERATURE
INFORMATION
LIQUEFACTION
MATERIALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OPTIMIZATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PILOT PLANTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SUBBITUMINOUS COAL
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TSL PROCESS
YIELDS