Improved performance in coprocessing through fundamental and mechanistic studies in hydrogen transfer and catalysis. Final report, September 26, 1989--March 31, 1993

摘要

The key results obtained from this research project are given: (1) Hydrogen transfer from naphthenes to aromatics, coal and resid occurred at coprocessing temperatures and in a N(sub 2) atmosphere; (2) Hydrogen donors ranked in reactivity as cyclic olefins (nonaromatic hydroaromatic compounds) > hydroaromatic compounds > naphthenes. This ranking held regardless of the type of atmosphere, hydrogen or nitrogen, used; (3) Resids reduced by the Birch method transferred substantially more hydrogen to the aromatic acceptor than did the parent resids under coprocessing conditions; (4) Hydropretreatment of resids resulted in enhanced coal conversion compared to the parent resid; (5) Addition of hydrogen donors such as cyclic olefins or hydroaromatic donors increased the amount of coal conversion during coprocessing. Cyclic olefins and the active hydroaromatic donor, dihydroanthracene, showed the highest level of hydrogen donability. Tetralin and octahydroanthracene showed low reactivity; (6) Reduced resids were more effective in coprocessing than the parent resids, in terms of enhanced coal conversion; (7) Thermal and catalytic reactivity of cyclic olefins under nitrogen and hydrogen atmospheres was much higher than conventional hydroaromatic donors when no aromatic acceptor was present; (8) Reactivity of hydrogen donors was dependent upon the reactivity of the acceptor as well as that of the donors; (9) Three-ring hydrogen donors, dihydroanthracene and hexahydroanthracene, were most effective for transferring hydrogen to the Argonne coals while octahydroanthracene was the least reactive; (10) The kinetics data obtained for thermal and catalytic reactions involving cyclic olefins and hydroaromatic donors were adequately modeled by pseudo-first order kinetics; and (11) (Delta)G values calculated for cyclic olefins and hydroaromatic donors based on kinetics data adequately represented the reactivity observed experimentally. (ERA citation 19:011440)