1. Introduction. Review of coal and its structure. The processes of coal carbonization.
The use of coal in metallurgy.
2. Raw material base of organic chemistry. World coal reserves and the oil crises.
Environmental risks of utilization of coal as an energy and chemical resource (greenhouse effect). Clean Coal Technology.
3. Chemicals from coal. Coal tar, its composition and properties. Processing of coal tar and its products, current status and perspectives.
4. Coal tar pitch, its origin, composition and physico-chemical properties. Basic
processings of tar-pitch. Pyrolysis of pitch. Coal tar-pitch for the elektrode production.
5. Reducting agents based on coal and their utilization for blast furnace technology.
Discontinuous and continuous processes of coke production. Current status and and perspectives.
6. Coal and its derivatives in the sorbent production. The porous structure of coal and its sorption properties. Methods of evaluation of sorbents. Carbon-based molecular sieves. Industrial applications of coal sorbents and their perspectives.
7. Coal Liquefaction. Interaction of coal with solvents. Extraction and degradation of coal, supercritical extraction. Direct and non-direct liquefaction of coal. History and future.
8. Gasification of coal. Conventional and advanced coal gasification technologies.
Production of synthesis gas. C1-chemistry, its possibilities and prospects.
9 Co-processing (a combined treatment of organic waste and coal). Trends in
waste utilization. The processes of gasification, pyrolysis and liquefaction of coal with waste of
organic origin. Current status and prospects.
10. Carbon and its allotropes (graphite, diamond, fullerene) and forms (amorphous carbon, carbon blacks, pyrocarbons). Graphite and its modifications. Graphitization and its stages. Investigation of graphitic structure. Graphite intercalates. Chemical and physical properties.
11. Diamond. Technical diamond. Properties and production of artificial diamonds.
Diamond layers. Amorphous carbon, its properties, production and utilization.
12. Carbon fibers. The carbon-fiber technologies - oxidation,
grafitization and carbonization processes. Precursors. Carbon fibers based on pitch and polymers,
their properties and utilization. Composites.
13.Fullerenes and fullerites, nanotubes, onion-like structures. Physical and
chemical properties. Short review of nanotechnology.
14. Coal and biotechnology. Microbial degradation of coal substance.
Microbial coal desulphurization processes, their current status and prospects.
Laboratory
1. Introduction.Safety work in laboratory.
2.Preparation of the coal-tar pitch sample (by Soxhlet extraction)
3. Measurement and interpretation of the 1H NMR spectrum (extraction product)
4. Measurement and interpretation of IR spectra (extraction product)
5. Determination of molecular weight (VPO)
6. Calculation of structural parameters of a statistically average structural unit of extraction product
(Brown-Ladner)
7. Preparation of carbonaceous sorbent
8. Determination of the pore distribution of carbonaceous material (mercury porosimetry)
9. Determination of sorption properties of carbonaceous sorbent.
10. Swelling properties of coal and their determination. Interpretation of results.
11. Laboratory isolation of naphthalene from crude naphthalene oil, its
purification and determination of basic properties.
12. Chromatographic analysis of naphthalene oil
13.Excursion to the coal-tar processing plant (Deza, Valašské Meziříčí).
The use of coal in metallurgy.
2. Raw material base of organic chemistry. World coal reserves and the oil crises.
Environmental risks of utilization of coal as an energy and chemical resource (greenhouse effect). Clean Coal Technology.
3. Chemicals from coal. Coal tar, its composition and properties. Processing of coal tar and its products, current status and perspectives.
4. Coal tar pitch, its origin, composition and physico-chemical properties. Basic
processings of tar-pitch. Pyrolysis of pitch. Coal tar-pitch for the elektrode production.
5. Reducting agents based on coal and their utilization for blast furnace technology.
Discontinuous and continuous processes of coke production. Current status and and perspectives.
6. Coal and its derivatives in the sorbent production. The porous structure of coal and its sorption properties. Methods of evaluation of sorbents. Carbon-based molecular sieves. Industrial applications of coal sorbents and their perspectives.
7. Coal Liquefaction. Interaction of coal with solvents. Extraction and degradation of coal, supercritical extraction. Direct and non-direct liquefaction of coal. History and future.
8. Gasification of coal. Conventional and advanced coal gasification technologies.
Production of synthesis gas. C1-chemistry, its possibilities and prospects.
9 Co-processing (a combined treatment of organic waste and coal). Trends in
waste utilization. The processes of gasification, pyrolysis and liquefaction of coal with waste of
organic origin. Current status and prospects.
10. Carbon and its allotropes (graphite, diamond, fullerene) and forms (amorphous carbon, carbon blacks, pyrocarbons). Graphite and its modifications. Graphitization and its stages. Investigation of graphitic structure. Graphite intercalates. Chemical and physical properties.
11. Diamond. Technical diamond. Properties and production of artificial diamonds.
Diamond layers. Amorphous carbon, its properties, production and utilization.
12. Carbon fibers. The carbon-fiber technologies - oxidation,
grafitization and carbonization processes. Precursors. Carbon fibers based on pitch and polymers,
their properties and utilization. Composites.
13.Fullerenes and fullerites, nanotubes, onion-like structures. Physical and
chemical properties. Short review of nanotechnology.
14. Coal and biotechnology. Microbial degradation of coal substance.
Microbial coal desulphurization processes, their current status and prospects.
Laboratory
1. Introduction.Safety work in laboratory.
2.Preparation of the coal-tar pitch sample (by Soxhlet extraction)
3. Measurement and interpretation of the 1H NMR spectrum (extraction product)
4. Measurement and interpretation of IR spectra (extraction product)
5. Determination of molecular weight (VPO)
6. Calculation of structural parameters of a statistically average structural unit of extraction product
(Brown-Ladner)
7. Preparation of carbonaceous sorbent
8. Determination of the pore distribution of carbonaceous material (mercury porosimetry)
9. Determination of sorption properties of carbonaceous sorbent.
10. Swelling properties of coal and their determination. Interpretation of results.
11. Laboratory isolation of naphthalene from crude naphthalene oil, its
purification and determination of basic properties.
12. Chromatographic analysis of naphthalene oil
13.Excursion to the coal-tar processing plant (Deza, Valašské Meziříčí).