Comparison of the Structure and Reactivity of a Kansk-Achinsk Basin (USSR) Coal with Those of a Latrobe Valley (Australia) Coal

Peter J. Redlich; W. Roy Jackson; Frank P. Larkins; Alan L. Chaffee; Andrei A. Krichko; Evgeniya A. Grigoryeva; Sergei N. Shatov

doi:10.1021/ef00019a006

Comparison of the Structure and Reactivity of a Kansk-Achinsk Basin (USSR) Coal with Those of a Latrobe Valley (Australia) Coal

Peter J. Redlich, W. Roy Jackson, Frank P. Larkins, Alan L. Chaffee, Andrei A. Krichko, Evgeniya A. Grigoryeva, Sergei N. Shatov

School of Chemistry

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

7 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Samples of coals from two of the largest brown coal deposits in the world, the Kansk-Achinsk Basin in Siberia, USSR, and the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, Australia, have been studied by a range of spectroscopic and chemical techniques. Three such coals, with similar atomic H/C ratios, show the same reactivity in hydrogenation reactions, but an analysis of the structure of the products from these reactions and spectroscopic measurements on the coals reveal significant differences in their chemical structure. The aliphatic content of the Australian coals is, to a large extent, in the form of long-chain material, loosely retained in a macromolecular, lignin-based polymer, whereas the aliphatic component of the Soviet coal consists of short chains that are much more firmly bound to the aromatic macromolecular network.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-33
Number of pages	6
Journal	Energy & Fuels
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ef00019a006
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1990

Access to Document

10.1021/ef00019a006

Cite this

@article{8a9853ea753440928ec992cd4490bf37,

title = "Comparison of the Structure and Reactivity of a Kansk-Achinsk Basin (USSR) Coal with Those of a Latrobe Valley (Australia) Coal",

abstract = "Samples of coals from two of the largest brown coal deposits in the world, the Kansk-Achinsk Basin in Siberia, USSR, and the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, Australia, have been studied by a range of spectroscopic and chemical techniques. Three such coals, with similar atomic H/C ratios, show the same reactivity in hydrogenation reactions, but an analysis of the structure of the products from these reactions and spectroscopic measurements on the coals reveal significant differences in their chemical structure. The aliphatic content of the Australian coals is, to a large extent, in the form of long-chain material, loosely retained in a macromolecular, lignin-based polymer, whereas the aliphatic component of the Soviet coal consists of short chains that are much more firmly bound to the aromatic macromolecular network.",

author = "Redlich, {Peter J.} and Jackson, {W. Roy} and Larkins, {Frank P.} and Chaffee, {Alan L.} and Krichko, {Andrei A.} and Grigoryeva, {Evgeniya A.} and Shatov, {Sergei N.}",

year = "1990",

month = jan,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1021/ef00019a006",

language = "English",

volume = "4",

pages = "28--33",

journal = "Energy & Fuels",

issn = "0887-0624",

publisher = "American Chemical Society",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Comparison of the Structure and Reactivity of a Kansk-Achinsk Basin (USSR) Coal with Those of a Latrobe Valley (Australia) Coal

AU - Redlich, Peter J.

AU - Jackson, W. Roy

AU - Larkins, Frank P.

AU - Chaffee, Alan L.

AU - Krichko, Andrei A.

AU - Grigoryeva, Evgeniya A.

AU - Shatov, Sergei N.

PY - 1990/1/1

Y1 - 1990/1/1

N2 - Samples of coals from two of the largest brown coal deposits in the world, the Kansk-Achinsk Basin in Siberia, USSR, and the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, Australia, have been studied by a range of spectroscopic and chemical techniques. Three such coals, with similar atomic H/C ratios, show the same reactivity in hydrogenation reactions, but an analysis of the structure of the products from these reactions and spectroscopic measurements on the coals reveal significant differences in their chemical structure. The aliphatic content of the Australian coals is, to a large extent, in the form of long-chain material, loosely retained in a macromolecular, lignin-based polymer, whereas the aliphatic component of the Soviet coal consists of short chains that are much more firmly bound to the aromatic macromolecular network.

AB - Samples of coals from two of the largest brown coal deposits in the world, the Kansk-Achinsk Basin in Siberia, USSR, and the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, Australia, have been studied by a range of spectroscopic and chemical techniques. Three such coals, with similar atomic H/C ratios, show the same reactivity in hydrogenation reactions, but an analysis of the structure of the products from these reactions and spectroscopic measurements on the coals reveal significant differences in their chemical structure. The aliphatic content of the Australian coals is, to a large extent, in the form of long-chain material, loosely retained in a macromolecular, lignin-based polymer, whereas the aliphatic component of the Soviet coal consists of short chains that are much more firmly bound to the aromatic macromolecular network.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0025205502&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1021/ef00019a006

DO - 10.1021/ef00019a006

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0025205502

SN - 0887-0624

VL - 4

SP - 28

EP - 33

JO - Energy & Fuels

JF - Energy & Fuels

IS - 1

ER -

Comparison of the Structure and Reactivity of a Kansk-Achinsk Basin (USSR) Coal with Those of a Latrobe Valley (Australia) Coal

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this