Japan Long-Term Visit: Catalytic Mechanisms in Coal Hydrogenolysis

该奖项将支持犹他大学的David M. Bodily博士与北海道政府工业发展实验室的Yosuke Maekawa博士和日本筑波国家污染与资源研究所的Yoshiki Sato博士进行为期9个月的合作研究。他们将研究金属硫化物和卤化物在催化煤液化中的作用。将研究不同温度、压力、浓度、供体溶剂和气相性质条件下加氢和裂化催化剂的组合，因为它们会影响日本实际煤液化厂的设计。如果能够开发出在比现在可能的温度和压力更低的条件下进行的煤液化过程，那么使用煤作为能源的经济可行性将大大增加。将研究金属硫化物和卤化物在不需要使用非常高的压力或温度的情况下改善煤液化的有效性。在这项工作中，北海道和筑波的强大研究小组将补充首席研究员的经验。

This award will support Dr. David M. Bodily of the University of Utah to conduct collaborative research for nine months with Dr. Yosuke Maekawa of the Government Industrial Development Laboratory, Hokkaido and Dr. Yoshiki Sato of the National Research Institute for Pollution and Resources in Tsukuba, Japan. They will investigate the action of metal sulfides and halides in catalyzing coal liquefaction. Combinations of hydrogenation and cracking catalysts under different conditions of temperature, pressure, concentration, donor solvent, and nature of the gas phase, will be studied as they affect the design of a real coal liquefaction plant in Japan. If coal liquefaction processes which operate at lower temperatures and pressures than are now possible were to be developed, the economic feasibility of using coal as an energy source would be greatly increased. The effectiveness of metal sulfides and halides in improving coal liquefaction without requiring the use of very high pressures or temperatures will be studied. In this work, the strong research groups in Hokkaido and Tsukuba will complement the experience of the Principal Investigator.