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A Research and Development Program for Catalysis in Coal Conversion Processes. Final Report - 1974

Katzman, Howard

W F Libby Laboratories

Table of Contents

Section 1
156kb
Abstract i
Appendix ii
Preface (George R. Hill) iv

1

Project History 1

2

Outline of the Research and Development Program 3
Section 2
531kb

3

Argument and Rationale
 

I

Introduction 5

II

Catalysts for Liquefaction and Hydrodesulfurization 5

III

Catalysts for the Production of Low-Sulfur, Low-BTU Gas 12
Section 3
266kb

IV

Catalytic Properties of Coal Minerals and Ashes for Liquefaction and Gasification 26

V

Mechanism of Lewis-Acid Catalysts 32
Section 4
379kb

VI

Fischer-Tropsch Catalysis 37

VII

Mechanisms of Bond Breaking in Coal; Center-Ring Cracking of Polynuclear Aromatic Structures 48
Section 5
183kb

VIII

Catalysts for the Direct Production of Methane from Coal and Water 52

IX

General Guides 58
 

4

Literature Survey 46kb 61
 

1

Direct Methanation of Coal 919kb

2

Catalytic Effects of Ash 552kb

3

Model Compounds 1044kb

4

Bridges Ring Cracking 220kb

5

Solvent/Catalyst Interactions 1718kb

6

Acid/Base System 721kb

7

CO Reactions 1712kb

8

Desulfurization 477kb
Appendix; Communications from the Study Task Forces
H. Hall
Literature Background 631kb
A1
R.B. Anderson
Catalytic Materials 65kb
A27
R.W. Coughlin
Liquefaction and Gasification 772kb
A30
G.A. Somorjai
Proceedings Critique 53kb
A59
M. Boudart
Hydrogenolysis without Hydrogenation of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons 20kb
A61
C.W. Zielke
Fluidized Combustion Process for Regeneration of Spent Zinc Chloride Catalyst 279kb
A62
W.A. Bailey, Jr.
Lewis Acid Catalysis 23kb
A76
R.B. Anderson
Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis and Methanation 94kb
A77
W.K. Hall
Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis 44kb
A81
W. Wiser and A. Oblad
Production of Methane from Coal 98kb
A83
P.L. Walker, Jr.
Catalysis of Coal Conversion Processes and Characterization of Mineral Matter and Trace Elements in Coal - Summary 47kb
A86
J.L. Johnson
Catalysis of Coal Gasification 543kb
A89
N.C. Gardner
Gasification Catalysis 174kb
A103
P.L. Walker, Jr.
Catalysis of Coal Gasification 241kb
A112
P.H. Given
Inorganic Species in Coals and Their Potential Catalytic Effects on Liquefaction Processes 433kb
A122
H.J. Gluskoter
Catalysis by Coal Minerals 310kb
A141
P.L. Walker, Jr.
Characterization of Mineral Matter and Trace Elements in Coal 511kb
A155