The Wilsonville Advanced Coal Liquefaction Research and Development Facility, Wilsonville, Alabama

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6471279· OSTI ID:6471279

The investigation of various Two-Stage Liquefaction (TSL) process configurations was conducted at the Wilsonville Advanced Coal Liquefaction R D Facility between July 1982 and September 1986. The facility combines three process units. There are the liquefaction unit, either thermal (TLU) or catalytic, for the dissolution of coal, the Critical Solvent Deashing unit (CSD) for the separation of ash and undissolved coal, and a catalytic hydrogenation unit (HTR) for product upgrading and recycle process solvent replenishment. The various TSL process configurations were created by changing the process sequence of these three units and by recycling hydrotreated solvents between the units. This report presents a description of the TSL configurations investigated and an analysis of the operating and performance data from the period of study. Illinois No. 6 Burning Star Mine coal Wyodak Clovis Point Mine coal were processed. Cobalt-molybdenum and disposable iron-oxide catalysts were used to improve coal liquefaction reactions and nickel-molybdenum catalysts were used in the hydrotreater. 28 refs., 31 figs., 13 tabs.

• Research Organization: Catalytic, Inc., Wilsonville, AL (USA); Southern Co. Services, Inc., Birmingham, AL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/FE
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-82PC50041
• OSTI ID: 6471279
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/50041-82; ON: DE91002478
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL TAR OILS
COBALT
DEASHING
DISTILLATES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROGEN TRANSFER
HYDROGENATION
IRON COMPOUNDS
IRON OXIDES
LIQUEFACTION
METALS
MOLYBDENUM
NAPHTHA
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
SOLVENTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
YIELDS