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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