Direct Coal Liquefaction with Fe3O4 Nanocatalysts Prepared by a Simple Solid-State Method
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Starting Materials
2.2. Preparation of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles
2.3. Characterization
2.4. Reaction of DCL
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structure and Morphology Characterization of Nanocatalysts
3.2. Catalytic Properties of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles in DCL
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Coal | Proximate Analysis 1 (wt %) | Ultimate Analysis (wt %, daf 2) | H/C | ||||||
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Mad | Ad | Vdaf | C | H | O 3 | N | S | ||
Heishan | 1.48 | 3.76 | 35.08 | 81.24 | 4.47 | 9.29 | 0.79 | 0.46 | 0.66 |
Dahuangshan | 1.22 | 17.57 | 48.34 | 63.17 | 3.63 | 14.30 | 1.11 | 0.20 | 0.69 |
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Li, Y.; Cao, Y.; Jia, D. Direct Coal Liquefaction with Fe3O4 Nanocatalysts Prepared by a Simple Solid-State Method. Energies 2017, 10, 886. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10070886
Li Y, Cao Y, Jia D. Direct Coal Liquefaction with Fe3O4 Nanocatalysts Prepared by a Simple Solid-State Method. Energies. 2017; 10(7):886. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10070886
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Yizhao, Yali Cao, and Dianzeng Jia. 2017. "Direct Coal Liquefaction with Fe3O4 Nanocatalysts Prepared by a Simple Solid-State Method" Energies 10, no. 7: 886. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10070886