Thermal Drying Methods on Coal Liquefaction Conversion

Kinetics of Coal Liquefaction

Information on t h e r a t e s o f coa l d i s s o l u t i o n which i s needed i n t h e design o f r e a c t o r s i n a c o a l l i q u e f a c t i o n p l a n t has been very l i m i t e d ; t h e r e f o r e , mcthods a r e needed by which d i s s o l u t i o n r a t e d a t a can be ex t r apo la t ed t o o t h e r o p e r a t i o n cond i t ions . In t h i s s e c t i o n , t h e r a t e...

Reaction Engineering of Coal Liquefaction

INTRODUCTION A Brief History of Coal Liquefaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Overview: What Goes In and What Goes Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Need to Motivate Remaining Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reaction Engineering of Direct Coal Liquefaction

Direct coal liquefaction has been studied and practiced since the 1930s. It was used in Germany during World War II to produce synthetic fuels when there was no oil allowed into the country. Since then, it has been studied in the United States and many different technologies have been investigated. Since the US is rich in coal resources, this is one way to be energy independent. Most of the dev...

Alternate Coal Conversion Technologies

Novel Bimetallic Dispersed Catalysts for Temperature-Programmed Coal Liquefaction

Coal liquefaction involves cleavage of methylene and dimethylene and ethertype bridges connecting polycyclic aromatic units. The selected compounds for model coal liquefaction reactions are 4-( 1-naphthylmethy1)bibenzyl (NMBB) and several oxygen-containing compounds. This report mainly describes the synthesis and screening of selected iron and molybdenum compounds as precursors of dispersed cat...