Hydrogenation reactions of model titanium compounds under coal liquefaction conditions

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AbstractUsed catalyst and reactor deposits from a fixed‐bed coal liquefaction unit show high concentrations of titanium and boron. The titanium was present as anatase, a titania polymorph. Hydrogenation reactions with and without catalyst were performed with model titanium and boron compounds under liquefaction conditions. The catalyst used was Harshaw 0402T 3% CoO – 15% MoO3 on an alumina‐silica support. Rutile remained unchanged by reactor conditions. In all other runs the titanium starting material, whether organic or inorganic in nature, converted to anatase. When the deposition of the reaction products was monitored, only that anatase derived from organic titanium compounds accumulated on and in the catalyst pellets to an appreciable extent.