TITLE: Coal Liquefaction - Investigation of Reactor Performance, Role of Catalysts and PCT Properties. Quarterly Progress Report, October 1, 1983-December 31, 1983.

AUTHOR: A. J. Brainard; Y. T. Shah; J. W. Tierney; I. Wender; R. Albal.

INST.  AUTHOR: Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  1984,  19p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE84007394/INW

ABSTRACT:

The objective of this work is to investigate areas of science and technology that have been defined as being of prime interest to coal processing technology development. These areas include properties of coal liquids and slurries, reactor design and performance in relation to reaction mechanisms. The work comprises investigations of the following high priority areas. Reaction kinetics and reactor performance in direct coal liquefaction; role of catalysts in indirect liquefaction and direct coal liquefaction; and physical, chemical and thermodynamic properties of coal liquefaction products. Work during the last quarter has largely been devoted to seaching the Liquefaction Technology Data Base and other relevant sources for literature citations. A detailed description of work in each of the three tasks is given. Six abstracts which were prepared in connection with the PCT properties of coal liquids are attached as an Appendix. (ERA citation 09:017952)

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/60054-T1

CONTRACT  NUMBER: FG22-83PC60054