文档介绍：Coal and Coal-pounds
Structures, Reactivity and Catalytic Reactions
by Atsushi Ishihara, Eika Weihua Qian, I. Putu Sutrisna,
Yaeko Kabe
· ISBN: 0444517855
· Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
· Pub. Date: October 2004
Preface
In the 20th century, coal played an important role in the development of economics and in-
dustry not only in Japan but throughout the world. As raw materials for industrial produc-
tion such as fuel for the generation of electricity, cokes, tars, gases from coke oven, synthe-
sis gas from coal gasification and liquid fuels from liquefaction, coal has been used exten-
sively in various industries for electric power, iron, tar and gas production, the production
of synthetic chemicals and fuel, etc. Although the necessity for coal will change with
changing prices of other energy sources such as petroleum and natural gas, the importance
of coal as energy and carbon sources will not change in the future.
Coal is more abundant than petroleum and natural gas. Further, coal is not localized
but can be used by many more countries than petroleum. Therefore, if we can establish
coal utilization technology, coal will bring about a great contribution to human life and so-
ciety. On the other hand, shortage of petroleum and natural gas are anticipated in the sec-
ond half of the 21st century. pensate, the use of coal is expected to gradually in-
crease during the 21st century. In the future, the development of the coal utilization tech-
nology will e more and more important to insure the supply of liquid fuels for trans-
portation and carbon sources for the manufacture of chemicals and plastic materials.
In order to develop such technologies, the elucidation of the structure of coal will be a
fundamental key study. Further, more efficient coal utilization technology must be estab-
lished to meet environmental legislation. One of the key technologies for this purpose is
catal