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Coal-liquefaction-process research. Quarterly report, April 1-June 30, 1982

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6642105
This quarterly report, for the period April 1-June 30, 1982, summarizes Sandia's activities in coal liquefaction process research. The overall objectives of the program are to understand the mechanisms and determine the role of catalysts in the direct conversion of coal to liquids. Primary emphasis is being given to the Integrated Two-Stage Liquefaction (ITSL) process. Specific tasks include: short-contact time coal liquefaction, mineral matter effects and catalyst studies. During this period, work was done on: the characteristics of a Liquefaction (ITSL) facility at New Brunswick, NJ; the kinetics of hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of pyrene and dihydropyrenes in batch microreactors; the impact of coal cleaning on the effectiveness of two types of slurry phase catalysts; the deactivation of aged catalyst samples obtained from the H-Coal PDU; and a catalyst deactivation model for the H-Coal PDU.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
6642105
Report Number(s):
SAND-82-2437; ON: DE83003627
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English