Simulation of solvent extraction of South African vitrinite- and inertinite-rich coals

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6393-6399

  Van Niekerk, Daniel ^a   Mathews, Jonathan P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION YIELD; INERTINITE; LASER DESORPTION; MOLECULAR MODELS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; SOLUBILITY ESTIMATION; SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITRINITES;

COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MODELING; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; VISUALIZATION;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 78650350362     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef101055f     Document Type: Article

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