• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.370-378
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• 2001

Characteristics and synergistic effects of the coliquefaction of Alaskan subbituminous coal, wasted tire, and polypropylene were investigated in a tubing-bomb reactor at 41$0^{\circ}C$, and the coliquefaction reactions were performed at 37$0^{\circ}C$~45$0^{\circ}C$ to evaluate the coliquefaction mechanism. The coliquefaction kinetic model based on the free-radical theory was proposed and simulated by the non-linear parameter estimation method. Simulated results represented experimental ones successfully with the correlation coefficient of 0.99. When a catalyst was not used, the conversions were decreased as tetralin increase due to the decrease of liquefaction of polypropylene. When naphthenate catalysts of Mo, Co, and Fe were used, the coliquefaction conversions were increased with the increase of the liquefaction of polypropylene. When Co-naphthenate catalyst was used, the increase of the coliquefaction conversion were as high as 21~23%.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.742-748
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• 1998

Experiments have been conducted to investigate synergistic effects and mechanisms of the Alaskan subbituminous coal/polypropylene (PP). Coliquefaction of coal/PP gave the synergistic effect in yields by 17% compared to independent liquefactions of coal or PP at $430^{\circ}C$. To analyse coliquefaction mechanisms, the second and zeroth order kinetic models were developed for coal and PP conversions respectively. When the models were simulated to fit coliquefaction results, those represented results successfully with the correlation coefficient of 0.99. The amount of tetralin needed to liquefy unit mass of coa 1(${\beta}$) was also calculated using the developed model. According to the calculated results, $\beta$ increased from 0.4 to 1.0 as the coliquefaction temperature increased from $410^{\circ}C$ to $470^{\circ}C$. This indicated that tetralin lowered the molecular weight of oil produced, and this phenomenon was recognized by the GPC analyses. Furthermore, it was found that tetralin prohibited the liquefaction of PP when coal was not added. On the other hand, tetralin was believed to act as a hydrogen-donor solvent to coal rather than prohibit PP liquefaction during coliquefaction. Therefore, the liquefaction rate of PP increases and synergistic effects in oil yields are mainly due to the increase in PP liquefaction during coal/PP coliquefaction.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.138-145
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• 1998

Synergistic effect and characteristics of coliquefaction with Alaskan subbituminous coal and polypropylene (PP) were investigated in a tubing-bomb reactor. Coliquefaction results showed considerable synergistic effect on conversions for various coal/PP compositions and tetralin addition. Therefore, coliquefactions conversions at 430$^{\circ}$C and 450$^{\circ}$C with (coal 2 g+PP 2g) and 4 ml tetralin appeared 20.0 and 11.6 per cent higher respectively compared to the conversion of (coal+tetralin) and (PP+tetralin) liquefactions. According to gas chromatographic analyses, hydrogen was not needed during PP liquefactions. On the other hand, 0.70~0.83 part of tetralin per part of coal was converted into naphthalene by donoring hydrogen to free radicals during liquefaction. Also, extraction results by decalin proved that synergistic effect of coliquefaction were mainly due to PP decomposition catalysed be coal.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.228-236
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 순간 고온식 tubing-bomb reactor를 사용하여 41$0^{\circ}C$에서 Alaska산 아역청탄, 폐타이어, 폴리프로필렌 혼합물의 공동액화 시 액화특성 및 상승효과를 연구하였다. 석탄, 폐타이어와, 폴리프로필렌의 조성을 변화시키고 수소공여용매인 tetralin의 양을 변화시켜가며 공동액화를 진행했을 경우 공동액화율을 살펴보면, 무촉매 반응의 경우 폴리프로필렌의 양이 많아지면 tetralin이 첨가되지 않았을 경우 액화율이 증가하였으나 tetralin이 첨가되었을 경우 공동액화율이 감소하였다. 촉매 반응의 경우에는 모든 반응조건에서 상승효과가 나타났으며 폴리프로필렌의 양이 증가할수록 공동액화율이 증가하여 석탄 : 폐타이어 : 폴리프로필렌의 조성이 1:1:3에서 tetralin 4$m\ell$, Co-naphthenate 촉매 사용하였을 때가 최적의 반응조건으로 83%의 공동액화율을 나타내었다.