Energy and environmental research emphasizing low-rank coal. Semi-annual report, January--June 1994

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/132682· OSTI ID:132682

Summaries of progress on the following tasks are presented: Mixed waste treatment; Hot water extraction of nonpolar organic pollutant from soils; Aqueous phase thermal oxidation wastewater treatment; Review of results from comprehensive characterization of air toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants; Air toxic fine particulate control; Effectiveness of sorbents for trace elements; Catalyst for utilization of methane in selective catalytic reduction of NOx; Fuel utilization properties; Hot gas cleaning; PFBC; catalytic tar cracking; sulfur forms in coal; resid and bitumen desulfurization; biodesulfurization; diesel fuel desulfurization; stability issues; Sorbent carbon development; Evaluation of carbon products; Stable and supercritical chars; Briquette binders; Carbon molecular sieves; Coal char fuel evaporation canister sorbent; Development of a coal by-product classification protocol for utilization; Use of coal ash in recycled plastics and composite materials; Corrosion of advanced structural materials; Joining of advanced structural materials; Resource data evaluation; and the Usti and Labem (Czech Republic) coal-upgrading program.

• Research Organization: Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (United States). Energy and Environmental Research Center
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-93MC30097
• OSTI ID: 132682
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/30097-4090; ON: DE96000579; TRN: AHC29529%%44
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
LIGNITE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SUBBITUMINOUS COAL
PROGRESS REPORT
WASTE PROCESSING
LAND RECLAMATION
WATER TREATMENT
AIR POLLUTION
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FLY ASH
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ADSORBENTS
NITROGEN OXIDES
CATALYSTS
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
HOT GAS CLEANUP
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
PRESSURIZATION
COAL TAR
CATALYTIC CRACKING
SULFUR CONTENT
BITUMENS
PETROLEUM RESIDUES
BIODEGRADATION
DIESEL FUELS
COAL LIQUIDS
STABILIZATION
DRYING
PYROLYSIS
COAL GASIFICATION
BY-PRODUCTS
ASHES
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
COAL DEPOSITS
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
MATERIALS TESTING