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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, 1983

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 11
Task 3 Catalysis and Mechanism of Coal Liquefaction 12
Task 4 Momentum, Health and Mass Transfer in Co-Current Flow Dis-continued
Task 5 The Fundamental Chemistry and Mechanism of Pyrolysis of Bituminous Coal 17
Task 6 Catalytic Hydrogenation of CD Liquids and Related Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 44
Task 7 Denitrogenation and Deoxygenation of CD Liquids and Related N- and O- Compounds 45
Task 8 Catalytic Cracking of Hydrogenated CD Liquids and Related Hydrogenated Compounds 46
Task 9 Hydropyrolysis (Thermal Hydrocracking) of CD Liquids 47
Task 10 Systematic Structural-Activity Study of Supported Sulfide Catalysts for Coal Liquids Upgrading 49
Task 11 Basic Study of the Effects of Coke and Poisons on the Activity of Upgrading Catalysts 59
Task 12 Diffusion of Polyaromatic Compounds in Amorphous Catalyst Supports 64
Table 13 Catalyst Research and Development 70
Table 14 Characterization of Catalysts and Mechanistic Studies No Report

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Conclusion

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