The effects of temperature and hydrogen pressure on the yield, propert
ies and reactivity of chars from fixed-bed hydropyrolysis of a subbitu
minous coal and a lignite were determined. The chars were compared wit
h those obtained by pure pyrolysis. With increasing temperature and pr
essure, both the yield and the reactivity of the char decreased. Hydro
pyrolysis char was more reactive than pyrolysis char.