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Low-temperature tar from bituminous coal and its further treatment

Abstract

High-temperature carbonization of bituminous coal yields only 3 to 4 percent tar, as compared with 8 to 10 percent or even more for low-temperature carbonization. The yield of phenols is 20 to 30 times as great from the low-temperature tar. Five conditions that must be met by a satisfactory low-temperature carbonization process are listed. The only method that satisfies all of these conditions is the Brennstoff-Technik (BT) process, in which iron retorts with movable walls are used. One disadvantage of most of the other processes is the high-pitch content of the tar. These tars are processed further to a neutral oil and a phenol-containing oil which are good diesel fuels with high-cetane numbers; the neutral oil can be fractionated to give oils of high-, medium-, and low-cetane number. Attempts to fractionate the tar oil by solvents have not proved commercially useful. However, the tar can be diluted with low-temperature light oil and phenols extracted with NaOH solution without distillation. Some difficulty is found, owing to the simultaneous extraction of viscous resins and other products that are readily removed from the phenols by distillation.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1950
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-80-081929
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Brennst.-Chem.; (Germany, Federal Republic of); Journal Volume: 31
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; BITUMINOUS COAL; CARBONIZATION; COAL TAR; PROCESSING; YIELDS; COAL TAR OILS; FRACTIONATION; PHENOLS; REMOVAL; DIESEL FUELS; AROMATICS; BLACK COAL; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COAL; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY SOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; OILS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; TAR; 010500* - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Products & By-Products; 010401 - Coal & Coal Products- Carbonization- (-1987)
OSTI ID:
5392147
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: BRCHA
Submitting Site:
TIC
Size:
Pages: 308-317
Announcement Date:
Aug 01, 1980

Citation Formats

Hansen, C J. Low-temperature tar from bituminous coal and its further treatment. Germany: N. p., 1950. Web.
Hansen, C J. Low-temperature tar from bituminous coal and its further treatment. Germany.
Hansen, C J. 1950. "Low-temperature tar from bituminous coal and its further treatment." Germany.
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title = {Low-temperature tar from bituminous coal and its further treatment}
author = {Hansen, C J}
abstractNote = {High-temperature carbonization of bituminous coal yields only 3 to 4 percent tar, as compared with 8 to 10 percent or even more for low-temperature carbonization. The yield of phenols is 20 to 30 times as great from the low-temperature tar. Five conditions that must be met by a satisfactory low-temperature carbonization process are listed. The only method that satisfies all of these conditions is the Brennstoff-Technik (BT) process, in which iron retorts with movable walls are used. One disadvantage of most of the other processes is the high-pitch content of the tar. These tars are processed further to a neutral oil and a phenol-containing oil which are good diesel fuels with high-cetane numbers; the neutral oil can be fractionated to give oils of high-, medium-, and low-cetane number. Attempts to fractionate the tar oil by solvents have not proved commercially useful. However, the tar can be diluted with low-temperature light oil and phenols extracted with NaOH solution without distillation. Some difficulty is found, owing to the simultaneous extraction of viscous resins and other products that are readily removed from the phenols by distillation.}
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volume = {31}
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place = {Germany}
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