- Details
We have several times documented the fact that some processes for the indirect conversion of Coal into liquid hydrocarbons - - wherein Coal is first gasified, with or without the addition of Steam, to generate a synthesis gas that is then passed over a catalyst and condensed into a blend of hydrocarbon liquids - - can lead to a buildup, or accumulation, of semi-solid wax on the catalyst surfaces.
We have also documented that the petroleum industry knows all about such "Fischer-Tropsch Wax", as it seems to be called in the trade, and has devised strategies for refining that Coal conversion byproduct into additional hydrocarbon liquids.
- Details
Energy Citations Database (ECD) - - Document #923498
We have several times documented the "Syntrolysis" concept, under development by our USDOE, and others; wherein Water solutions of Carbon Dioxide, as might be obtained from a Coal-fired power plant smoke stack scrubber, can be electrolyzed and made thereby to generate mixtures of Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide, i.e., a synthesis gas suitable in composition for catalytic condensation into liquid hydrocarbons.
- Details
PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR UPGRADING COAL USING SUPERCRITICAL WATER - Patent application
We have previously cited the Carbon conversion expertise resident in Pennsylvania's Air Products and Chemicals Company.
Herein, in a United States Patent Application that is so recent we don't believe it has yet been officially published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and we thus can't provide you with an accurate date when this application was formulated, we see that Air Products has further developed and applied a concept we have already, from other sources, documented for you:
Water, plain old H2O, in one form or another, can be made to serve as the Hydrogen donor in hydrogenation processes that convert the Carbon content of Coal into more versatile hydrocarbons.
- Details
This is might be a repeat of an earlier submission, which we present with regrets for possible duplication caused by our personal circumstances.
Certainly, it resonates with familiarity relative to many other of our reports documenting the suite of Carbon Dioxide recycling technologies that has been developed by the companies that became ExxonMobil, as for one example, seen in:
Exxon Patents CO2 Recycling | Research & Development | News; which details:
"Conversion of methane, carbon dioxide and water using microwave radiation - Patent 5266175; 1993; Assignee: Exxon Research & Engineering"; and, wherein is disclosed how Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Water can be converted together into a hydrocarbon synthesis gas suitable for catalytic condensation into liquid fuels.
- Details
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/servlets/purl/10116157-47l13r/native/
As odd - but by now unsurprisingly - as it might seem, it was the USDOE's Sandia National Lab, all the way out in New Mexico, that was able to liquefy Coal, at a rate in excess of 95% - by starting with a crude Coal distillate supplied to them by our own, local, Consolidation Coal Company.
That fact would seem confirmed by one statement in this Sandia report, acknowledging "Consol Inc. for providing the dewaxed heavy distillate".
Consol has only a minor presence west of the Mississippi River - one mine, according to web-based resources, in Utah.
Furthermore, the Coal raw materials received by Sandia, from Consol, had already, to a certain extent, been processed.
Join Friends of Coal
Be part of West Virginia's coal industry future. Together, we can continue building a stronger, more prosperous Mountain State by supporting our miners and communities.
West Virginia Coal Association
The West Virginia Coal Association has been the voice of the coal industry for over 100 years, advocating for safe, responsible mining practices and supporting the communities that depend on coal.
Join the FOC
Become a Friend of Coal and download our app to stay connected and support the industry.
