Production and screening of carbon products precursors from coal. Quarterly technical progess report, April 1, 1995--June 30, 1995 and key personnel staffing report No. 2

A final draft of the Project Management Plan, with input from the COTR, was developed during the current reporting period. Several working meetings between CPC participants have been held. The AMOCO subcontract was signed in June, 1995, bringing to three the number of industrial subcontracts which are in place. As of June 30, 1995, the subcontracts for Koppers and Alcoa are still pending. The necessary personnel and equipment to operate the WVU solvent extraction laboratory are in place. Several screening samples of coal extracts have been provided to UCAR and useful results have been obtained. FMI has provided the specifications they prefer for pitch and the WVU research team is working to provide coal extract samples which match these specifications. The WVU Chemical Engineering Department is negotiating with a large chemical company which will produce pilot plant size samples of coal extracts for all the industrial partners