THE EFFECT OF THE MOBILE COMPONENT ON THE LIQUEFACTION CHARACTERISTICS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY COALS

The mobile component of western Kentucky coals was extracted and analy zed by conventional methods and Curie-point mass spectroscopy. The liq uefaction of the parent coals, extracted coals, and blends of the extr acted coals plus mobile components indicated that the absence of the m obile component generally decreases the observed conversions. The resu lts also show that, in general, blending the mobile component and extr acted coal also produces lower conversions than those obtained from th e parent coal. These data suggest that the location of the mobile comp onent in the pore structure of the coal is as important as the presenc e of the mobile component in coal conversion.