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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, 1980

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 Summary of Progress to Date 7
IV

Task 1

 Chemical-Catalytic Studies Inactive
  Task 2 Carbon-13 NMR Investigation of CDL and Coal 8
Task 3 Catalysis and Mechanism of Coal Liquefaction 9
Task 4 Momentum, Health and Mass Transfer in Co-Current Flow 10
Task 5 The Fundamental Chemistry and Mechanism of Pyrolysis of Bituminous Coal 13
Task 6 Catalytic Hydrogenation of CD Liquids and Related Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 16
Task 7 Denitrogenation and Deoxygenation of CD Liquids and Related N- and O- Compounds 21
Task 8 Catalytic Cracking of Hydrogenated CD Liquids and Related Hydrogenated Compounds 26
Task 9 Hydropyrolysis (Thermal Hydrocracking) of CD Liquids Inactive
Task 10 Systematic Structural-Activity Study of Supported Sulfide Catalysts for Coal Liquids Upgrading 40
Task 11 Basic Study of the Effects of Coke and Poisons on the Activity of Upgrading Catalysts Inactive
Task 12 Diffusion of Polyaromatic Compounds in Amorphous Catalyst Supports 58
Table 13 Catalyst Research and Development 62
Table 14 Characterization of Catalysts and Mechanistic Studies 64

Conclusion

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