Abstract
The dissolvabilities of coal preasphaltenes in several solvents with various solvent parameters were correlated. Generally dissolvability increased with increasing net hydrogen-bonding index, increasing donor number (DN) and increasing value of donor number minus acceptor number (AN) of the solvent. However, these trends show significant scatter and are not satisfactory as predictors of individual solvent behaviour. Plots of preasphaltene dissolvability against Hildebrand solubility parameter produce curves with broad maxima and several off-line points. Best results are obtained with DN/AN ratios, which yield smooth curves with narrow maxima and little scatter. These ratios are also shown to be useful predictors of the effectiveness of solvents for the extraction and swelling of coal.
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