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Recent Developments in Coal Liquefaction in the United States - February 1979

McNees, L. E.
Salmon, Royes
Cochran, H. D., Jr.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Table of Contents

Energy Technologies VI 3
1 INTRODUCTION 3
2 CHEMISTRY 3
Energy Technology VI 5
3 Coal Liquefaction Process 6
  3.1 Process Description and Status 6
  3.1.2 Two-stage liquefaction 9
3.1.3 Pyrolysis process 10
3.1.4 Indirect Liquefaction 11
3.2 Process Problems in Coal Liquefaction 12
  3.2.1 Generic problem areas 12
3.2.2 Problem areas in direct and two-stage liquefaction 13
3.2.3 Problem areas for pyrolysis processes 14
3.2.4 Problems in indirect liquefaction 14

3.3

Product Upgrading 14
4 Economics and Commercialization 15
  4.1 Recent Economic Studies 15
4.2 Commercialization 17