Coal liquefaction catalysis

Cugini, A, Krastman, D. Lett, R. Balsone, G. Development of a Dispersed Iron catalysis for First Stage Coal Liquefaction Catalysis Today 19 (1994) 395-408. 

Wan, K.T. and B.L. Crynes. Catalyst Tailoring for Coal-Derived Liquids. cited in Shah, Y.T. and D.C. Cronauer. Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulfur Removal Reactions in Donor Solvent Coal Liquefaction. Catalysis Reviews Science and Eng. 20(2) (1979) 209. 

Derbyshire. F.J. Catalysis in Coal Liquefaction New Directions for Research lEA Coal Research London, June 1988. 

The difficult task of examining the role of catalysis in coal liquefaction has been taken on by Mochida and Sakanishi. They show the catalytic requirements in various stages of coal conversion and the many complex interactions of the catalyst with coal constituents. They also point out directions for future catalysis research needed for more economical coal liquefaction, a commendable feature for processes requiring a long lead time. 

F.J. Derbyshire. Catalysis in Coal Liquefaction new directions for research, (IEA Coal Research, London, 1988), 16. 

We have our work divided into process engineering, process chemistry, catalysis, and support technology. As an example, one of the indirect liquefaction projects, tube wall reactor, deals with the design and operation of high thermal efficiency catalytic reactors for syn-gas conversion. Other activities are coal liquefaction properties of coal minerals, the role of catalysts, coal liquid product stability, and environmental impact—to name a few. 

Derbyshire, F. J., Role of Catalysis in Coal Liquefaction Research and Development, Energy and Fuels, 3, 273-277 (1989). 

E.E. Donath, History of Catalysis in Coal Liquefaction, in J.R. Anderson and M. Boudart (Editors), Catalysis, Science and Technology, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1982, Vol. 3, pp. 1-38. 

While current applications include hydrogenation and fermentation, slurry bubble columns have recently been the subject of renewed study for use in two areas of hetergeneous catalysis, SRC coal liquefaction and the Fischer-Tropsch reaction to produce hydrocarbons from synthesis gas. 

Derbys e, F. J. Catalysis in Direct Coal Liquefaction New Directions for Research lEA Coal Research Report IEACR/08 London, England, 1988. Stohl, F. V. Stephens, H. P. I EC Research 1987,26,2466-73. 

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