Stable carbon isotope analysis of coprocessing materials: Quarterly technical progress report, October 1--December 31, 1988

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6058419· OSTI ID:6058419

Burke, F. P. ^[1]; Winschel, R. A. ^[1]; Lancet, M. S. ^[1]

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1. Research and Development Department, Consolidation Coal Company, Library, PA (United States)

Consol R and D will develop and demonstrate stable carbon isotope analysis as a method to quantitatively distinguish coal-derived and petroleum-derived carbon in products from coal/petroleum coprocessing. The approach taken will be to develop the method, then demonstrate its application on authentic continuous-unit products. The significance of selective isotopic fractionation will be determined and, if necessary, corrections will be applied to account for it. Precision, accuracy and range of applicability will be defined. The value of accessory analytical techniques will also be assessed. Results achieved this quarter include: feed and product fractions from hydroprocessing bench unit runs at the Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) were received, and samples from a Kentucky tar sand bitumen-only run were analyzed for carbon isotope ratios. Repeat carbon isotope analyses of seven samples from HRI Coprocessing Run 227-53 resulted in improved carbon balances for one run period. Athabasca ASB, Cold Lake ASB and Maya ASB were fractionated by distillation and solubility fractionation to determine the homogeneity of each petroleum with respect to carbon isotope ratios. 9 figs., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Consolidation Coal Co., Library, PA (USA). Research and Development Dept.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-88PC88800
• OSTI ID: 6058419
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/88800-8; ON: DE89010851
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL
COPROCESSING
YIELDS
PETROLEUM
CARBON 13
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
ISOTOPE RATIO
PROGRESS REPORT
CARBON ISOTOPES
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DATA
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MATERIALS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
PROCESSING
STABLE ISOTOPES
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010600 - Coal
Lignite
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