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PETC Review, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1992, p. 8. 

COSTEAM A process for obtaining both gas and electric power from coal. The coal is first liquified by a process which is catalyzed by modifying iron compounds naturally present in some coals. Developed on a laboratory scale by the Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center in the 1970s. 

The details of the XANES experimental setup and data analyses have been described previously 3b,8). All model compounds used in this study were obtained from Aldrich Chemical Company and were used without further purification. The asphaltene samples were prepared from their respective petroleum residua by precipitation from n-heptane following the procedure of Corbett (9). A sample of Rasa coal was generously provided by Dr. Curt White of the Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center. 

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This work was supported by the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Division of Coal Utilization, through the Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center. 

Ames Laboratory is operated for the U. S. Department of Energy by Iowa State University under Contract No. W-7405-Eng-82. This work was supported by the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Division of Coal Utilization, through the Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center. 

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Gaggioli, R.A., Wepfer, W.J. and Rodriguez S.J., L. "A Thermodynamic - Economic Analysis of the Synthane Process", Report to Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, November... 

This work was supported by the Department of Energy, Grant //ET-78-G-01-3382. Preliminary studies were also supported with funds from the Purdue Coal Research Center. We wish to acknowledge very helpful discussions with T. Ruppel of the Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (PETC). The coal samples were kindly provided by the Pennsylvania State University, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. 

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