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Hydrogenolysis of coal hydrogenation products
In several previous reports, dating back now a few years, we've documented the late-1950's, early-1960's operation, by the former Union Carbide Corporation, since assimilated into Dow Chemical, of a Coal liquefaction and hydrogenation factory in South Charleston, West Virginia.
And, in fact, an interesting compilation concerning Union Carbide's Coal conversion operations in Charleston can be found in the West Virginia Division of Culture and History's own West Virginia State Archives, via:
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Preparation of carbon monoxide and hydrogen by partial oxidation of carbonaceous solids
We recently documented what appears to have been, more than half a century ago, the intensive development of Coal conversion and hydrogenation technologies and processes that took place in the very heart of US Coal Country, in the state capitol of West Virginia itself.
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We're sending along in this dispatch some information concerning the productive recycling of Carbon Dioxide we attempted and intended to get to you quite a long time ago. So, some of it might seem redundant.
But, we feel that it's all pretty important stuff, and we wanted to make certain it was clear and understood.
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Preparation of synthesis gases from carbonaceous solids
We've previously reported on the early-1950's development, by the well-known E.I. DuPont Company, of Coal conversion technologies targeted on the production of various hydrocarbons; compounds which we presume that DuPont, based on their established business, intended for use in polymers and synthetic fibers.
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In a related series of reports starting more than a year ago, we documented the development, by a team of scientists employed by the former Texaco, Incorporated, of a complete family of technologies wherein Carbon Dioxide could be productively recycled into such useful things as Methanol, Methane, Formic Acid, and Formaldehyde.
We submit herein what we think will be our final report on the Carbon Dioxide recycling achievements of that particular group of Texaco scientists; and, for clarity, since their array of CO2 utilization processes is, by its volume, bewildering, we wanted to first briefly recap our several earlier reports of their work, as follows:
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