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A series of CoxMn0.06/SiO2 catalysts, which were used for the synthesis of light hydrocarbons from CO hydrogenation, were prepared. The effects of reaction temperature, the morphological and structural properties of the catalysts on the CO conversion and product selectivity were examined. The results show that both CO conversion and C2 to C4 hydrocarbon selectivity are significantly affected by the amount of Co loaded onto the catalysts. The optimum Co content was determined to be 10 wt% (i.e., for Co0.10Mn0.06/SiO2) catalyst, and corresponding CO conversion and the selectivity to C2 to C4 hydrocarbons are 95.3 and 80.6%, respectively, at 400°C. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pocahontas No. 3 coal was extracted with CS2, n-hexane, benzene, methanol, acetone, and acetone/CS2 (1:1 vol/vol) mixed solvent sequentially. The resulting six extracts were analyzed with gas chromatography/mass spectrometer (GC/MS). Hexathiane, octathiocane, 23 sulfur-containing organic species, and 21 nitrogen-containing organic species were detected in the extracts. Sulfur-containing organic species detected in the extracts include dialkyl- and disulfides, dimexano, dibenzothiophene, benzonaphthothiophene, and their methyl-derivatives, among which dimexano and dixanthogen were seldom reported in any sediments. Methanol is effective for extracting sulfur-containing organic species without aromatic ring. Most of the nitrogen-containing organic species detected in the extracts are acridinone, carbazole and their methyl-derivatives, benzocarbazoles, amines, phenanthridinone, and piperidinone. The species number of nitrogen-containing organic compounds detected in the extracts increased with the increase in solvent polarity. Different from those reported previously, N and O atoms often coexist in the same compounds in the present study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rice-stalk powder was heated in supercritical methanol at 300°C and the resulting products were analyzed with gas chromatography/mass spectrometer (GC/MS). After the supercritical methanolysis, more than 89% of organic mater in the rice-stalk powder was converted to methanol-soluble species, in which more than 100 organic compounds were detected and most of them are oxygen-containing ones, including ketones, hydroxybenzenes, esters, methoxyaromatics, aldehydes, alkanols, and carboxylic acids. Other species detected are alkanes, alkenes, arenes, and nitrogen- and sulfur-containing organic compounds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]