OXYGEN GROUPS AND OIL SUPPRESSION DURING COAL PYROLYSIS

Suppressing effects on oil genesis during coal and kerogen pyrolysis can be correlated with oxygen content. In the present work oil suppression has been tentatively corrected by modeling. A plot of the corrected oil yield vs rank was found to resemble a Van Krevelen's H/C vs O/C diagram, and mass balance was consistent with a loss of oil potential in the early stage of coalification. Selective modifications of the oxygen groups of a lignite and of a bituminous vitrain were performed to test the above computations. The decarboxylation and dehydroxylation before pyrolysis resulted in a substantial increase and acceleration of oil formation.