Coal hydrogenation process

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGENATION PRODUCTS FROM COAL, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT AT LEAST 10 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE COAL IS CONVERTED TO A LIGHT OIL FRACTION HAVING A BOILING TEMPERATURE RANGE BETWEEN 75* AND 300*L TO C. AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, SAID LIGHT OIL FRACTION COMPRISING AT LEAST 20 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF PHENOLIC MATERIALS, AT LEAST 4 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF NITROGEN-CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND THE BALANCE PREDOMINANTLY AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES MIXING PULVERIZEDD A COAL WITH A PASTING OIL TO FORM A COAL PASTE CONTAINING AT LEAST 40 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF COAL, FORMING A MULTI-PHASE MIXTURE OF SAID COAL PASTE AS A LIQUID PHASE WITH HYDROGEN AS A GAS PHASE AT A PRESSURE OF AT LEAST 2500 POUNDS PERRSQUARE INCH GUAGE HEATING SAID MULTI-PHASE MIXTURE TO A REACTION TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 500*C. AND CAUSING INTIMATE INTERMINGLING OF SAID GAS AND LIQUID PHASES TO PERMIT A REACTION RATE OF AT LEAST 150 POUNDS OF COAL REACHED PER CUBIC FOOT OF REACTION VOLUME PER HOUR, AND IN SAID REACTION FORMING COAL HYDROGENATION PRODUCTS IN WHICH FROM ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 0.0M POUND OF HUDROGEN HAVE COMBINED WITH EACH POUND OF COAL INTRODUCED.