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Production of Oil by Hydrogenation of Coal
Author(s) -
Schlupp K. F.,
Wien H.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197603411
Subject(s) - coal , production (economics) , catalytic hydrogenation , environmental science , waste management , business , natural resource economics , catalysis , economics , engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , macroeconomics
A survey of coal hydrogenation processes revealed that, despite a wealth of experience gathered in Germany up to 1945 some of which served as a basis for further work in the USA, there is at present no process available anywhere in the world for the commercial production of oil from coal. Approaches suitable for further development are the noncatalytic one‐step limited hydrogenation and catalytic hydrogenation. Under the most favorable conditions production of oil from coal should become technically feasible some time between the early and mid‐1980's. In view of the price of heavy fuel oil the commercial prerequisites for production of synthetic fuel oil from coal are presumably fulfilled only in those countries with low coal prices.