CONVERSION OF COALS TO GASEOUS PRODUCTS CONTAINING BENZENE AS A MAIN ORGANIC PRODUCT BY THE REACTION WITH COPPER(II) OXIDE AND AQUEOUS POTASSIUM CARBONATE SOLUTION

Authors
AKIYAMA F
Citation
F. Akiyama, CONVERSION OF COALS TO GASEOUS PRODUCTS CONTAINING BENZENE AS A MAIN ORGANIC PRODUCT BY THE REACTION WITH COPPER(II) OXIDE AND AQUEOUS POTASSIUM CARBONATE SOLUTION, Fuel, 77(12), 1998, pp. 1385-1387
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
Fuel → ACNP
ISSN journal
00162361
Volume
77
Issue
12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1385 - 1387
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-2361(1998)77:12<1385:COCTGP>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Coals were converted to gaseous products containing benzene as a main organic product and methane, other aliphatic hydrocarbons and acetone as organic by-products, and carbon dioxide by reaction with a mixture of copper(II) dioxide and aqueous potassium carbonate solution at 400 degrees C. The relation of the yield of benzene and the carbon content of coals was bell-shaped, in which the maximum yield was observed in the intermediate carbon content region. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.