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Catalytic and Chemical Behavior of Coal Mineral Matter in the Coal Conversion Process

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Clean Utilization of Coal

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 370))

Abstract

Most synthetic fuel production processes that have been envisioned rely in some way on catalysts to facilitate one or more steps of the overall process. Catalysts added externally (that is, catalytic materials not inherently present in one or more of the reactants) represent an increased operating cost for the process and, usually, the necessity to incorporate operations for catalyst recovery and recycle into the process flowsheet. Coals contain many kinds of inorganic species that potentially can serve as catalysts — sulfides (notably pyrite), clays, and alkali or alkaline earth cations. If these catalysts inherent in the coal could be taken advantage of in conversion processing, the need for external catalysts could be lessened or eliminated. Examples of the catalytic effects of these kinds of species are discussed.

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Schobert, H.H. (1992). Catalytic and Chemical Behavior of Coal Mineral Matter in the Coal Conversion Process. In: Yürüm, Y. (eds) Clean Utilization of Coal. NATO ASI Series, vol 370. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1045-9_6

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