The hydropyrolysis (dry hydrogenation) of a selection of South Africa

Barrass, G2024-01-052024-01-051978Barrass, G. 1978. The hydropyrolysis (dry hydrogenation) of a selection of South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13480 .https://workspace.csir.co.za/ssf/a/c/p_name/ss_forum/p_action/1/entityType/folderEntry/action/view_permalink/entryId/7368984/novl_url/1http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13480A method utilising the "hot-rod" reactor has been employed to study the hydropyrolysis characteristics of a selection of South African coals. The effects of various operating parameters involved in this process have been investigated such as coal type, particle size, temperature, heating rate, pressure, solid residence time and vapor residence time. This work has shown that the hydropyrolysis of local coals, under optimum reaction conditions, gave similar yields and product distributions to those obtained with the same reactor concept using Northern Hemisphere coals. This investigation has confirmed the detrimental effect of the agglomeration properties of bituminous coals, and methods have been suggested which may overcome this problem in future work involving a continuous reactor.FulltextHydropyrolysisDry hydrogenationSouth African coalsCoalsThe hydropyrolysis (dry hydrogenation) of a selection of South AfricaReportBarrass, G. (1978). The hydropyrolysis (dry hydrogenation) of a selection of South Africa Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13480Barrass, G The hydropyrolysis (dry hydrogenation) of a selection of South Africa. 1978. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13480Barrass G. The hydropyrolysis (dry hydrogenation) of a selection of South Africa. 1978 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13480TY - Report AU - Barrass, G AB - A method utilising the "hot-rod" reactor has been employed to study the hydropyrolysis characteristics of a selection of South African coals. The effects of various operating parameters involved in this process have been investigated such as coal type, particle size, temperature, heating rate, pressure, solid residence time and vapor residence time. This work has shown that the hydropyrolysis of local coals, under optimum reaction conditions, gave similar yields and product distributions to those obtained with the same reactor concept using Northern Hemisphere coals. This investigation has confirmed the detrimental effect of the agglomeration properties of bituminous coals, and methods have been suggested which may overcome this problem in future work involving a continuous reactor. DA - 1978 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Hydropyrolysis KW - Dry hydrogenation KW - South African coals KW - Coals LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1978 SM - https://workspace.csir.co.za/ssf/a/c/p_name/ss_forum/p_action/1/entityType/folderEntry/action/view_permalink/entryId/7368984/novl_url/1 T1 - The hydropyrolysis (dry hydrogenation) of a selection of South Africa TI - The hydropyrolysis (dry hydrogenation) of a selection of South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13480 ER -