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Low-Temperature Lignite Tar: Processing and Utilization.

PB220470

Publication Date	1973
Personal Author	Berber, J. S.; Rice, R. L.; Spencer, J. D.
Page Count	76
Abstract	The report concerns the composition and value of tars from low-temperature carbonization of coal. Low-temperature carbonization of coal offers promise as a means for obtaining char, a coke-like material that is potentially useful as a fuel, a source of carbon for the production of synthesis gas, and for blending with other coals to make metallurgical coke. Discussed is the production of acids, neutral oils, and pitch by distillation of low-temperature lignite tar. Aromatic and naphthene fractions of the neutral oil were converted into phythalic and maleic anhydrides. Paraffins and n-olefins were processed into alkybenzene sulfonate. Aromatic materials produced jet fuel. The pitch was processed to make it suitable for similar applications as high-temperature tar pitch, including preparation of carbon black and metallurgical electrodes.
Keywords	Coal tars Distillation Coal Byproducts Process charting Chemical engineering Upgrading Phenol Cresols Xylenes Aromatic monocyclic hydrocarbons Surfactants Anhydrides Jet engine fuels Carbon black Carbon electrodes Dealkylation Oxidation Hydrogenation Pitch(Material) Low temperature lignite tar
Source Agency	Invalid Source Agency Code
NTIS Subject Category	97F - Fuel Conversion Processes
Corporate Authors	BUREAU OF Mines, Washington, D.C.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Mines, Morgantown, W. Va. Morgantown Energy Research Center.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Research rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197315

Low-Temperature Lignite Tar: Processing and Utilization.

Low-Temperature Lignite Tar: Processing and Utilization.
PB220470

Publication Date	1973
Personal Author	Berber, J. S.; Rice, R. L.; Spencer, J. D.
Page Count	76
Abstract	The report concerns the composition and value of tars from low-temperature carbonization of coal. Low-temperature carbonization of coal offers promise as a means for obtaining char, a coke-like material that is potentially useful as a fuel, a source of carbon for the production of synthesis gas, and for blending with other coals to make metallurgical coke. Discussed is the production of acids, neutral oils, and pitch by distillation of low-temperature lignite tar. Aromatic and naphthene fractions of the neutral oil were converted into phythalic and maleic anhydrides. Paraffins and n-olefins were processed into alkybenzene sulfonate. Aromatic materials produced jet fuel. The pitch was processed to make it suitable for similar applications as high-temperature tar pitch, including preparation of carbon black and metallurgical electrodes.
Keywords	Coal tars Distillation Coal Byproducts Process charting Chemical engineering Upgrading Phenol Cresols Xylenes Aromatic monocyclic hydrocarbons Surfactants Anhydrides Jet engine fuels Carbon black Carbon electrodes Dealkylation Oxidation Hydrogenation Pitch(Material) Low temperature lignite tar
Source Agency	Invalid Source Agency Code
NTIS Subject Category	97F - Fuel Conversion Processes
Corporate Authors	BUREAU OF Mines, Washington, D.C.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Mines, Morgantown, W. Va. Morgantown Energy Research Center.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Research rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197315