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Process and analytical studies of enhanced low severity co-processing using selective coal pretreatment

Description: This report describes progress on research during the eleventh quarter of this contract dealing with applications of coal pretreatment techniques in coal/oil co-processing and direct hydroliquefaction. The objectives of the project are to investigate various coal pretreatment techniques and to determine the effect of these pretreatment procedures on the reactivity of the coal. Reactivity enhancement will be evaluated under both direct hydroliquefaction and co-processing conditions. Coal convers… more
Date: 1991-06~
Creator: Baldwin, R. M.; Gaur, S. & Miller, R. L.
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Novel nanodispersed coal liquefaction catalysts: Molecular design via microemulsion-based synthesis

Description: The objective of this project is to pursue the development of highly dispersed and inexpensive catalysts for improved coal solubilization and upgrading of coal liquids. A novel study of the synthesis of liquefaction catalysts of nanometer size will be carried out. It is based on the molecular design of reverse micelles (microemulsions). These surfactant-stabilized, metal bearing microdrops offer unique opportunities for synthesizing very small particles by providing a cage-like effect that limi… more
Date: April 1, 1991
Creator: Osseo-Asare, K. & Radovic, L.R.
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Reactivity of Young Chars via Energetic Distribution Measurements

Description: In this report, we present some preliminary work performed on the effect of CO{sub 2} partial pressure on temperature programmed desorption spectra from CO{sub 2}-oxidized chars. The following was accomplished during the reporting period: Temperature programmed desorption (TPD) experiments were conducted on oxidized resin and Wyodak coal char samples gasified under varying different CO{sub 2} partial pressures. The following observations were made: CO{sub 2} partial pressure can be an important… more
Date: January 1, 1991
Creator: Calo, J. M.; Zhang, L. H.; Rachel, W. G. & Lilly, W. D.
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Study of coal oxidation by charged particle activation analysis

Description: The technique of Charged Particle Activation Analysis (CPAA) was applied to study the characteristics of low temperature oxidation of coal. The following parameters were investigated: the kinetics of the adsorption of oxygen containing species; the elemental composition of the oxide layer and how deeply it extends into the particle; and the number of reactive sites on or in the surface. The results of this study are in agreement with those of other laboratories. These are summarized as follows:… more
Date: January 1, 1980
Creator: Schlyer, D. J. & Wolf, A. P.
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Advanced Coal Conversion Process Demonstration (Project)

Description: This report contains a description of technical progress made on the Advanced Coal Conversion Process Demonstration Project (ACCP). The project is a US Department of Energy Innovative Clean Coal Technology Project. The cooperative agreement defining the project is between DOE and the Rosebud SynCoal Partnership RSCP. The RSCP is a partnership between Western Energy Company (WECo), a subsidiary of Entech, Montana Power's non-utility group, and NRG, a subsidiary of Northern States Power. The ACCP… more
Date: July 1, 1991
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Novel nanodispersed coal liquefaction catalysts: Molecular design via microemulsion-based synthesis

Description: The objective of this project is to pursue the development of highly dispersed and inexpensive catalysts for improved coal solubilization and upgrading of coal liquids. A novel study of the synthesis of liquefaction catalysts of nanometer size will be carried out. It is based on the molecular design of reverse micelles (microemulsions). These surfactant-stabilized, metal-bearing microdrops offer unique opportunities for synthesizing very small particles by providing a cage-like effect that limi… more
Date: July 1, 1991
Creator: Osseo-Asare, K. & Radovic, L.R.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Novel nanodispersed coal liquefaction catalysts: Molecular design via microemulsion-based synthesis

Description: The objective of this project is to pursue the development of highly dispersed and inexpensive catalysts for improved coal solubilization and upgrading of coal liquids. A novel study of the synthesis of liquefaction catalysts of nanometer size will be carried out. It is based on the molecular design of reverse micelles (microemulsions). These surfactant-stabilized, metal-bearing microdrops offer unique opportunities for synthesizing very small particles by providing a cage-like effect that limi… more
Date: April 1, 1992
Creator: Osseo-Asare, K.; Boakye, E.; Vaidyanathan, N. & Radovic, L.R.
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Anaerobic bioprocessing of low-rank coals

Description: The overall goal of this project is to find biological methods to remove carboxylic functionalities from low-rank coals and to assess the properties of the modified coal towards coal liquefaction. The main objectives for this quarter were: (1) continuation of microbial consortia development and maintenance, (2) crude enzyme study using best decarboxylating organisms, (3) decarboxylation of lignite, demineralized Wyodak coal and model polymers, and (4) characterization of biotreated coals.
Date: April 15, 1992
Creator: Jain, M. K.; Narayan, R. & Han, O.
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Kinetic and equilibrium measurements of coal drying

Description: The retention, attachment, and release of water (sorption, adsorption, and desorption) in Fruitland subbituminous coal are shown to be very complex phenomena. The vapor pressure and thermodynamic activity of water in the coal at about 315 K vary sharply with composition. Removal of 60% of the water initially present reduces the vapor pressure by about 60%. The total moisture content of saturated coal also varies with temperature. A 10 K rise in temperature reduces the sorbed water by about 8%. … more
Date: January 1, 1980
Creator: Heller, A. & Elliott, G.R.B.
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Heat transfer through coals and other naturally occurring carbonaceous rocks

Description: The understanding of heat transfer through solid fossil fuels is essential to the phenomenology of pyrolysis, gasification and combustion of these fuels. While coals have thermal conductivities of 0.1 to 0.5 W/mK at 300/sup 0/K, heat transfer measurements are complicated by the changes found in these fuels caused by the heating processes. Such complications are clearly shown when one looks at thermal conductivity differences between virgin and heat-treated materials. Coals, upon heating, underg… more
Date: January 1, 1977
Creator: Vanderborgh, N.E.; Bertino, J.P.; Cort, G.E. & Wagner, P.
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Kinetic Behavior of Subbituminous Coal Drying; Effects of Confining Pressure

Description: A model is developed which explains the drying behavior of a subbituminous coal. This model, a variation of the moving-boundary approach, has the vapor-liquid interface in the macropores receding from the exterior surface of the coal as drying progresses. On the liquid side of the interface, liquid water exists in all three pore systems - macropores, transitional pores, and micropores. On the vapor side of the interface, in the transitional and micropore systems branching off the macropores, th… more
Date: January 1, 1980
Creator: Brown, L. F.; Kashiwa, B. A.; Vanderborgh, N. E. & Corlett, R. C.
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Flash hydropyrolysis of coal. Quarterly report No. 9, April 1-June 30, 1979

Description: Both the North Dakota lignite and New Mexico sub-bituminous coal have been hydrogasified in the Flash Hydropyrolysis unit with yields ranging up to about 85 to 90% conversion of the available carbon at 2500 psi and 875 to 900/sup 0/C. The lignite appears to be less reactive at lower pressure than the sub-bituminous coal, producing an average of 40% gaseous yield at 1000 psi and 900/sup 0/C while the sub-bituminous produced over 50%. The reactivity of both coals is dependent on the hydrogen part… more
Date: October 1, 1979
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Preliminary radiological impact assessment of western coal utilization

Description: This research program was initiated to: (1) delineate the scope of the potential environmental and human health problem associated with radioactivity in Western coal; (2) establish a data base for /sup 234/U, /sup 238/U, /sup 210/Pb, /sup 210/Po, /sup 230/Th and /sup 226/Ra found in Western coal; (3) study the release, fate, and accumulation of radionuclides from a power plant burning Western coal; and (4) assess the possible need for additional control technology and/or standards. Preliminary … more
Date: January 1, 1977
Creator: Styron, C.E. & Robinson, B.
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Advanced Coal Liquefaction Research and Development Facility, Wilsonville, Alabama

Description: This report presents the results of Run 260 performed at the Advanced Coal Liquefaction R D Facility in Wilsonville. The run was started on July 17, 1990 and continued until November 14, 1990, operating in the Close-Coupled Integrated Two-Stage Liquefaction mode processing Black Thunder mine subbituminous coal (Wyodak-Anderson seam from Wyoming Powder River Basin). Both thermal/catalytic and catalytic/thermal tests were performed to determine the methods for reducing solids buildup in a subbitu… more
Date: January 1, 1992
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Catalyst dispersion and activity under conditions of temperature-staged liquefaction

Description: The general objectives of this research are (1) to investigate the use of highly dispersed catalysts for the pretreatment of coal by mild hydrogenation, (2) to identify the active forms of the catalysts under reaction conditions and (3) to clarify the mechanisms of catalysis. The ultimate objective is to ascertain if mild catalytic hydrogenation resulting in very limited or no coal solubilization is an advantageous pretreatment for the transformation of coal into transportable fuels. The experi… more
Date: February 1, 1992
Creator: Davis, A.; Schobert, H.H.; Mitchell, G.D. & Artok, L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Novel nanodispersed coal liquefaction catalysts: Molecular design via microemulsion-based synthesis

Description: The objective of this project is to pursue the development of highly dispersed and inexpensive catalysts for improved coal solubilization and upgrading of coal liquids. A novel study of the synthesis of liquefaction catalysts of nanometer size will be carried out. It is based on the molecular design of reverse micelles (microemulsions). These surfactant-stabilized, metal-bearing microdrops offer unique opportunities for synthesizing very small particles by providing a cage-like effects that lim… more
Date: February 1, 1991
Creator: Osseo-Asare, K. & Radovic, L.R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Healy clean coal project

Description: The objective of the Healy Clean Coal Project is to demonstrate the integration of an advanced combustor and a heat recovery system with both high and low temperature emission control processes. Resulting emission levels of SO{sub 2}, NO{sub x}, and particulates are expected to be significantly better than the federal New Source Performance Standards. (VC)
Date: March 1, 1992
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemical and biological effects of heavy distillate recycle in the SRC-II process

Description: Recent work from the Merriam Laboratory continuous coal liquefaction units shows that heavy distillate from the SRC-II process can be recycled to extinction, and hence a distillate product boiling entirely below 310/sup 0/C (590/sup 0/F) (or other selected boiling points) is feasible. In these runs distillate yield was not reduced; gas make was unaffected; and hydrogen consumption was increased only slightly, in keeping with the generally higher hydrogen content of lighter end products. Total d… more
Date: December 1, 1983
Creator: Wilson, B. W.; Pelroy, R. A.; Anderson, R. P. & Freel, J.
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Coal combustion: Effect of process conditions on char reactivity

Description: The project will quantify the effect of the following pyrolysis conditions on the macropore structure and on the subsequent reactivity of chars: (a) pyrolysis heating rate; (b) final heat treatment temperature (HTT); (c) duration of heat treatment at HTT (or soak time); (d) pyrolysis atmosphere (N{sub 2} or O{sub 2}/N{sub 2} mixtures); (e) coal particle size (100--1,000 {mu}m in diameter); (f) sulfur-capturing additives (limestone); and (g) coal rank. Pyrolysis experiments will be carried out f… more
Date: January 1, 1992
Creator: Zygourakis, K.
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Coal combustion: Effect of process conditions on char reactivity

Description: The project will quantify the effect of the following pyrolysis conditions on the macropore structure and on the subsequent reactivity of chars: (a) pyrolysis heating rate; (b) final heat treatment temperature (HTT); (c) duration of heat treatment at HTT (or soak time); (d) pyrolysis atmosphere (N{sub 2} or O{sub 2}/N{sub 2} mixtures); (e) coal particle size (100 {endash} 1000 {mu}m in diameter); (f) sulfur-capturing additives (limestone); and (g) coal rank. Pyrolysis experiments will be carrie… more
Date: January 1, 1991
Creator: Zygourakis, K.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Novel nanodispersed coal liquefaction catalysts: Molecular design via microemulsion-based synthesis

Description: The objective of this project is to pursue the development of highly dispersed and inexpensive catalysts for improved coal solubilization and upgrading of coal liquids. A novel study of the synthesis of liquefaction catalysts of nanometer size will be carried out. It is based on the molecular design of reverse micelles (microemulsions). These surfactant-stabilized, metalbearing microdrops offer unique opportunities for synthesizing very small particles by providing a cage-like effect that limit… more
Date: October 1, 1991
Creator: Osseo-Asare, K.; Boakye, E.; Vaidyanathan, N. & Radovic, L.R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flash hydropyrolysis of coal. Quarterly report No. 11, October 1-December 31, 1979

Description: The following conclusions can be drawn from this work: (1) when the caking bituminous coals are used with diluents, only 20% Pittsburgh No. 8 coal can be added to the diluent swhile 40% Illinois No. 6 could be added due to the higher free swelling index of the Pittsburgh No. 8; (2) When limestone is used as a diluent, considerably more sulfur is retained in the char than when using sand; (3) when the char from an experiment using limestone is recycled as the diluent for another experiment, the … more
Date: February 1, 1980
Creator: Steinberg, M.; Fallon, P. & Bhatt, B.L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Catalyst dispersion and activity under conditions of temperature- staged liquefaction

Description: The general objectives of this research are (1) to investigate the use of highly dispersed catalysts for the pretreatment of coal by mild hydrogenation, (2) to identify the active forms of the catalysts under reaction conditions and (3) to clarify the mechanisms of catalysis. The ultimate objective is to ascertain if mild catalytic hydrogenation resulting in very limited or no coal solubilization is an advantageous pretreatment for the transformation of coal into transportable fuels. The experi… more
Date: September 1, 1991
Creator: Davis, A.; Schobert, H.H.; Mitchell, G.D. & Artok, L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid chromatographic analysis of coal surface properties

Description: The main objectives of this proposed research work are to refine further the inverse liquid chromatography technique for the study of surface properties of raw coals, treated coals and coal minerals in water, to evaluate relatively surface properties of raw coals, treated coals and coal minerals by inverse liquid chromatography, and to evaluate flotability of various treated coals in conjunction with surface properties of coals. Coals such as Pittsburgh seam coal, Illinois No. 6 coal, Wyodak co… more
Date: April 7, 1992
Creator: Kwon, K.C.
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