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Clifford R Porter

Herbert D Kaesz

Hydrocarbon liquids are obtained from carbonaceous materials, such as coal, by contacting the carbonaceous materials with a metal carbonyl or a low valent complex of the transition metals and water gas under alkaline conditions to form a reaction mixture, and then heating the reaction mixture to a sufficient temperature and pressure to obtain the hydrocarbon liquids. In a second embodiment, the carbonaceous materials are solubilized to an unexpectedly high degree by contacting them with solvent/solute systems, such as phenolic recycle solvents containing alkali or alkaline-earth metal constituents.

Method of liquefaction of carbonaceous materials

Hydrocarbon liquids are obtained from carbonaceous materials, such as coal, by contacting the carbonaceous materials with a metal carbonyl or a low valent complex of the transition metals and water gas under alkaline conditions to form a reaction mixture, and then heating the reaction mixture to a sufficent temperature and pressure to obtain the hydrocarbon liquids.

Sulfur is removed from carbonaceous material by contacting the material with a metal carbonyl or a low valent complex of the transition metals and water under alkaline conditions to form a reaction mixture, and then heating the mixture for a sufficient period of time to obtain sulfur removal from the carbonaceous material.

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Clifford R Porter