Investigation of Associated Structure of Upper Freeport Coal by Solvent Swelling.pdf

788 Energy Fuels 1995,9, 788-793 Investigation of Associated Structure of Upper Freeport Coal by Solvent Swelling Toshimasa Takanohashi and Masashi Iino Institute for Chemical Reaction Science, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-77, Japan Masaharu Nishioka Viking Systems International, 2070 William Pitt Way,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238 Received January 11, 1995. Revised Manuscript Received May 17, 1995@ ~~ Upper Freeport (Argonne Sample) coal was extracted with carbon disulfide-N-methyl-2- pyrrolidinone (CSz-NMP) mixed solvent at room temperature. The swelling behaviors for the raw coal, heavy extract fractions, and extraction residue were investigated in several organic solvents. The swelling ratio of the raw coal was lower than those of the extract fractions and residue, independent of the kind of solvents used. For both acetone-insoluble extract fraction and extraction residue, swellingratio in THF increased with decreasing the sampleholvent weight ratio. The extract fractions and residue also showed similar swelling behaviors on effects of swelling time and temperature. These results suggest that the extraction residue has a similar cross-link structure as that for the extract fractions, i.e., a strongly associated struc