Japan Long-Term Visit: Catalytic Mechanisms in Coal Hydrogenolysis

这个奖项将支持博士大卫M。美国犹他州大学 与阳介博士进行为期九个月的合作研究 北海道政府产业开发实验室的前川 以及日本国家污染研究所的佐藤芳树博士 日本筑波的资源。 他们将调查 金属硫化物和卤化物催化煤液化。 不同条件下加氢和裂化催化剂的组合 温度、压力、浓度、供体溶剂、 和性质的气相，将被研究，因为他们影响 日本一个真实的煤液化厂的设计。 如果在较低温度下操作的煤液化工艺， 压力比现在可能被开发，经济 将煤炭作为能源的可行性将大大 增加 金属硫化物和卤化物的有效性 改善煤液化，而不需要使用非常高的 将研究压力或温度。 在这项工作中，强者 北海道和筑波的研究小组将补充这一经验 主要研究者的名字

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.