Objetivo CONOCO STUDIES ON A ZINC HALIDE DIRECT COAL LIQUEFACTION PROCESS WILL BE REINVESTIGATED USING DIFFERENT EUROPEAN COALS RANKING FROM LIGNITES TO BITUMINOUS COALS. EFFORTS WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE COAL: SOLVENT MIXTURE (SOLVENT-MOLTEN SOLUTION OF ZNCL2), AND SEARCH FOR MATERIALS THAT WITHSTAND THE CORROSIVE NATURE OF MOLTEN ZNCL2. THE WORK PROGRAMME IS SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS, SEPARATED BY A MILESTONE. THE FIRST PART IS DEALING WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND A PATENT ANALYSIS AS WELL AS A SELECTION OF MATERIALS THAT RESIST TO THE VERY CORROSIVE NATURE OF MOLTEN ZNCL2 AT OPERATING CONDITIONS. IF THE FEASIBILITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP IS PROVEN, PART TWO OF THE PROGRAMME WILL START WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BENCH SCALE EXPERIMENTAL FACILITY ALLOWING CONTINUOUS OPERATION. THE EXPERIMENTAL WORK WILL INVESTIGATE: - THE CORRELATION OF COAL RANK WITH YIELD AND QUALITY OF THE END PRODUCTS. - THE EFFECTS OF OPERATING CONDITIONS AND CATALYST CONCENTRATION. - REGENERATION OF CATALYST - REMOVAL OF ASH, S AND N FROM RECOVERED CATALYST. BITUMINOUS AND SUBBITUMINOUS COALS AND LIGNITES WILL BE USED. A MODEL OF THE REACTION KINETICS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO PREDICT THE BEHAVIOUR AT DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS. Ámbito científico natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energycoalnatural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis Programa(s) FP1-ENNONUC 3C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the field of Non-Nuclear Energy, 1985-1988 Tema(s) Data not available Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Estrada do Paco do Lumiar 22 1649-038 LISBOA Portugal Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos