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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, July-September 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 Highlights 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 25
Task 4 Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer in Co-Current Flow 13
Task 5 The Fundamental Chemistry and Mechanism of Pyrolysis of Bituminous Coal  32
Task 6

Catalytic Hydrogenation of CD Liquids and Related Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

33
Task 7

Denitrogenation and Deoxygenation of CD Liquids and Related N- and O-Compounds

35
Task 8

Catalytic Cracking of Hydrogenated CD Liquids and Related Hydrogenated Compounds

 38
Task 9 Hydropyrolysis (Thermal Hydrocracking) of CD Liquids Inactive
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 

 52
Task 12 Diffusion of Polyaromatic Compounds in Amorphous Catalysts Supports  57
Task 13 Catalysts Research and Development 60
Task 14 Characterization of Catalysts and Mechanistic Studies 64
V Conclusion 68