Carbon and Coal Gasification

I. Introduction.- Carbon gasification - A ubiquitous reaction of great importance to mankind.- II. Structure and characterization.- Structure in carbons.- Coal structure.- Physico-chemical and structural characterization of carbons.- Textural characterization of porous carbons by physical adsorption of gases.- III. Catalytic gasification.- Catalytic gasification.- Alkali metal catalyzed water vapour gasification of carbon using mineral catalyst raw materials.- Iron catalyzed water vapour gasification of carbon.- Metal catalyzed gasification of graphite.- Gasification of carbon deposited on metallic catalysts.- IV. Chemical Engineering principles.- Kinetics of catalysed and uncatalysed coal gasification.- Single particle models for fluid-solid reactions.- V. Coal gasification.- General aspects and engineering principles for technical application of coal gasification.- Technical status and new developments of coal gasification processes.- Characterisation of coal for gasification processes.- Some scientific aspects of the development of the slagging gasifier.- Coal pyrolysis.- Hydrogasification of brown coal - Chemism, kinetics and technical aspects.- VI. Coke production and removal.- The making of coke in the delayed coker and in the slot coking oven.- Coke formation and gasification in refineries.- The regeneration of coked catalysts.- VII. Activated carbons.- Fundamentals and practical implications of activated carbon production by partial gasification of carbonaceous materials.- Preparation and characterization of activated carbons.- List of participants.