Abstract:
IN THE EBULLATED BED CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION OF COAL INTO HYDROCARBONACEOUS PRODUCTS EITHER GREATER COAL THROUGHPUT PER POUND OF CATALYST CAN BE ACHIEVED OR, ALTERNATIVELY, LESS CATALYST PER TON OF COAL CAN BE EMPLOYED BY CONDUCTING THE HYDROGENATION OF THE COAL
IN FIRST AND SECOND STAGE EBULLATED BED REACTION ZONES AND BY USING THE PARTIALLY SPENT CATALYST FROM THE SECOND STAGE AS THE CATALYST IN THE FIRST STAGE.
Abstract:
The economic production of a low sulfur residual fuel oil by the hydroconversion of coal is accomplished in an ''''ebullated'''' bed system in the absence of downstream processing and the use of a minimum of hydrogen to produce a fuel of high B.t.u. value and low sulfur content.
Abstract:
LOW RANK COAL HAVING A HIGH OXYGEN CONTENT IS HYDROGENATED INTO HYDROCARBONACEOUS PRODUCTS WHILE REDURING THE HYDROGEN CONSUMPTION BY CONDUCTING THE HYDROGENATION OF SUCH COAL IN FIRST AND SECOND STAGE EBULLATED BED REACTION ZONES WITH THE SEPARATE WITHDRAWAL OF THE GASIFORM EFFUENT STREAM CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE AND CARBON DIOXIDE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND HYDROGENATION STAGES.