Zinc halide hydrocracking process for distillate fuels from coal. Quarterly technical progress report, August 1--October 31, 1976

Technical Report · Mon Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7117637· OSTI ID:7117637

Struck, R. T.; Zielke, C. W.; Pell, M.; Klunder, E. B.; Rosenhoover, W. A.

The bench-scale continuous hydrocracker was reactivated for investigation of the effect of the variables of temperature, pressure and time on hydrocracking Colstrip subbituminous coal as well as for investigation of some special topics such as hydrocracking product reactivity. Detailed results of past Colstrip coal hydrocracking work are presented. The 200 x 475/sup 0/C fuel oil produced contained only 0.010% N/sub 2/ and 0.012% S. The bench-scale continuous regenerator was operated in continuing investigations of the operating limits as affected by temperature, percentage of HCl in the feed air, and the percent of stoichiometric air. A ''long'' run of 22 hours gave excellent operability and impurities removal. Results of batch kinetics studies on zinc chloride hydrocracking of Colstrip coal are reported for 3000 psig at 800/sup 0/F and 2000 psig at 750/sup 0/F. A batch autoclave run hydrocracking Colstrip coal showed that regenerated zinc chloride catalyst is fully as active as fresh catalyst. Final engineering design of the PDU is nearly complete and some construction is underway.

• Research Organization: Conoco Coal Development Co., Library, PA (USA). Research Div.
• OSTI ID: 7117637
• Report Number(s): FE-1743-28
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COAL
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL LIQUIDS
CRACKING
DECOMPOSITION
DESIGN
DESULFURIZATION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL OILS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROCRACKING
LIQUEFACTION
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT UNITS
PYROLYSIS
REGENERATION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SUBBITUMINOUS COAL
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
ZINC CHLORIDES
ZINC COMPOUNDS
ZINC HALIDE PROCESS
ZINC HALIDES