STUDY OF EXTRACTION METHODS FOR HIGH-ASH COAL USING LOW-BOILING EXTRACTING AGENTS. 2.MECHANICAL STIRRING METHODS

ABSTRACT

The quality, as well as the quantity of coal-derived liquids are Investigated using low-boiling extracting agents and mechanical stirring. A broad range of solvents with different boiling point and polarities are studied in order to generate the desired coal-derived material. Several experimental conditions are shown to be critical: the nature of solvent, solvent-to- coal ratio and the volume of washing solvent. The method is shown to be reliable for generating coal-derived products, since it is performed under mild experimental conditions and generates amounts of material comparable to Soxhlet extraction procedures in much less time. In addition, it is cheap, easy to perform, fast and reproducible.