Correlation of reactivity to hydrogenation and chemical structure of lignites

Three North Dakota lignites with almost the same percentage carbon have been used to determine the relation between chemical structure and reactivity to hydrogenation. Average structural indices of the lignites were estimated using the pyridine-soluble products after alcohol-alkali treatment, the st...

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Published inFuel (Guildford) Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 133 - 135
Main Authors Ouchi, Koji, Suzuki, Kenji, Katoh, Takashi, Itoh, Hironori
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1985
Elsevier
Subjects
Applied sciences
chemical structure
Energy
Exact sciences and technology
Fuel processing. Carbochemistry and petrochemistry
Fuels
hydrogenation
lignite
reactivity
Solid fuel processing (coal, coke, brown coal, peat, wood, etc.)
reactivity
lignite
chemical structure
hydrogenation
Correlation
Lignite
Reactivity
United States
Carbochemistry
Chemical structure
Experimental study
North Dakota
Hydrogenation
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Summary:Three North Dakota lignites with almost the same percentage carbon have been used to determine the relation between chemical structure and reactivity to hydrogenation. Average structural indices of the lignites were estimated using the pyridine-soluble products after alcohol-alkali treatment, the structural indices obtained at various reaction times being extrapolated to zero reaction time. Hydrogenation was influenced by the average structure, with the lignite having higher aromaticity, higher molecular weight of the pyridine extract from the alcohol-alkali reaction product, larger aromatic ring size and lower content of aliphatic structure, showing a smaller degree of conversion.
ISSN:0016-2361
1873-7153
DOI:10.1016/0016-2361(85)90295-9