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Chemistry and Catalysis of Coal Liquefaction: Catalytic and Thermal Upgrading of
Coal Liquid and Hydrogenation of CO to Produce Fuels.
Quarterly Progress Report, January to March, 1982

Wiser, Wendell H.

University of Utah, Salt Lake City

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Table of Contents

I

 Cover Sheet 1
II Objective and Scope of Work 3
III

Highlights to Date

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IV

Task 1

 Chemical-Catalytic Studies 8
  Task 2 Carbon-13 NMR Investigation of CDL and Coal 15
Task 3 Catalysis and Mechanism of Coal Liquefaction 27
Task 4 Momentum, Health and Mass Transfer in Co-Current Flow Discontinued
Task 5 The Fundamental Chemistry and Mechanism of Pyrolysis of Bituminous Coal 30
Task 6 Catalytic Hydrogenation of CD Liquids and Related Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 31
Task 7 Denitrogenation and Deoxygenation of CD Liquids and Related N- and O- Compounds 33
Task 8 Catalytic Cracking of Hydrogenated CD Liquids and Related Hydrogenated Compounds 49
Task 9 Hydropyrolysis (Thermal Hydrocracking) of CD Liquids 51
Task 10 Systematic Structural-Activity Study of Supported Sulfide Catalysts for Coal Liquids Upgrading 53
Task 11 Basic Study of the Effects of Coke and Poisons on the Activity of Upgrading Catalysts 62
Task 12 Diffusion of Polyaromatic Compounds in Amorphous Catalyst Supports Inactive
Table 13 Catalyst Research and Development 67
Table 14 Characterization of Catalysts and Mechanistic Studies Inactive
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Conclusion

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