Papole, GedionFocke, Walter WilhelmManyala, Ncholu I.2012-07-182012-07-182012-08Gedion Papole, Walter W. Focke & Ncholu Manyala, Characterization of medium-temperature Sasol-Lurgi gasifier coal tar pitch, Fuel, vol. 98, pp. 243-248 (2012), doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.04.002.0016-2361 (print)1873-7153 (online)10.1016/j.fuel.2012.04.002http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19445Medium-temperature gasifier pitch (MTP) is only partly soluble in acetonitrile, methanol and ethanol. Single-stage pitch extraction with a large quantity of methanol yielded two liquid phases containing 76 wt. % and 27 wt. % pitch respectively. The pitch fractions recovered from these two phases featured similar aromaticity indices. However, the pitch from the pitch-rich phase had a higher average molar mass and gave an improved carbon yield at 1000 °C. Analysis of the methanol-insoluble pitch fraction showed that methanol extraction at reflux temperatures effectively removed boronic acid model compounds from pitch samples spiked with the same.en© 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Fuel.Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Fuel, vol.98, 2012, doi.: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.04.002.Medium temperature gasifier pitchSolvent extractionBoronCharacterizationPostprint Article