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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Morgan C Sze, Upper Montclair, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The Lummus Company, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208 10 ; 422140 ; 422141 ; 422142 ;
Abstract
Coal is catalytically hydroliquefied by passing coal dispersed in a liquefaction solvent and hydrogen upwardly through an expanded catalyst bed in a stream having a cross-sectional flow area of no greater than 255 inches square, with the stream through the catalyst bed having a length and a liquid and gas superficial velocity to maintain an expanded catalyst bed and provide a Peclet Number of at least 3. If recycle is employed, the ratio of recycle to total feed (coal and liquefaction solvent) is no greater than 2:1 based on volume. Such conditions provide for improved selectivity to liquid product to thereby reduce hydrogen consumption.