Development of a Correlaton Between Slurry Oil Composition and Process Performance: Analyses of Slurry Recycle Oils from H-Coal PDU Runs 5, 8 and 9. Final Report

摘要

Daily samples of slurry recycle oils from three thirty-day H-Coal PDU runs (5, 8 and 9) were analyzed by exp 1 H-NMR, GC/MS and various liquid chromatographic techniques. These data were interpreted in light of process performance to investigate the relationship between recycle oil composition and process performance. The data were also used to determine the approach of each PDU run to steady state operation. The results show that the composition of the non-distillate recycle components (resid) is much more sensitive to space velocity than the recycle distillate composition. At high space velocity the low recycle resid quality may be a significant factor, contributing to operability problems and rapid catalyst deactivation. Recycle composition depends more on space velocity than feed coal when comparing operations with Illinois 6 and Kentucky 11 coals. The recycle distillates in H-Coal operation are good hydrogen donors relative to, for example, SRC-I distillates. However, catalyst deactivation with respect to distillate composition appears to proceed at a slower pace than deactivation with respect to resid composition. This suggests that steady state performance may not have been achieved in these 30-day PDU runs, even though gross product distributions were at apparent steady state. (ERA citation 06:008528)