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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, April to June, 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 16
Task 3 Catalysis and Mechanism of Coal Liquefaction 17
Task 4 Momentum, Health and Mass Transfer in Co-Current Flow Discontinued
Task 5 The Fundamental Chemistry and Mechanism of Pyrolysis of Bituminous Coal 20
Task 6 Catalytic Hydrogenation of CD Liquids and Related Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 57
Task 7 Denitrogenation and Deoxygenation of CD Liquids and Related N- and O- Compounds 58
Task 8 Catalytic Cracking of Hydrogenated CD Liquids and Related Hydrogenated Compounds 79
Task 9 Hydropyrolysis (Thermal Hydrocracking) of CD Liquids 80
Task 10 Systematic Structural-Activity Study of Supported Sulfide Catalysts for Coal Liquids Upgrading 82
Task 11 Basic Study of the Effects of Coke and Poisons on the Activity of Upgrading Catalysts 88
Task 12 Diffusion of Polyaromatic Compounds in Amorphous Catalyst Supports Inactive
Table 13 Catalyst Research and Development 96
Table 14 Characterization of Catalysts and Mechanistic Studies Inactive
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Conclusion

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