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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 to September, 1981

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 No Report
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 25
Task 6 Catalytic Hydrogenation of CD Liquids and Related Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 26
Task 7 Denitrogenation and Deoxygenation of CD Liquids and Related N- and O- Compounds 31
Task 8 Catalytic Cracking of Hydrogenated CD Liquids and Related Hydrogenated Compounds 41
Task 9 Hydropyrolysis (Thermal Hydrocracking) of CD Liquids 42
Task 10 Systematic Structural-Activity Study of Supported Sulfide Catalysts for Coal Liquids Upgrading 43
Task 11 Basic Study of the Effects of Coke and Poisons on the Activity of Upgrading Catalysts 48
Task 12 Diffusion of Polyaromatic Compounds in Amorphous Catalyst Supports 53
Table 13 Catalyst Research and Development 60
Table 14 Characterization of Catalysts and Mechanistic Studies 67

Conclusion

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