1. STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION, MOLECULAR REPRESENTATION AND SOLVENT INTERACTIONS OF VITRINITE-RICH AND INERTINITE-RICH SOUTH AFRICAN COALS Open Access Author: Van Niekerk, Daniel Title: STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION, MOLECULAR REPRESENTATION AND SOLVENT INTERACTIONS OF VITRINITE-RICH AND INERTINITE-RICH SOUTH AFRICAN COALS Graduate Program: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering Keywords: coal-to-liquidssolvent extractioncoalmaceralsreflectancepetrographymolecular modeling File: Download Daniel_Van_Niekerk_2008_high_quality.pdf Committee Members: Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-ChairHarold Harris Schobert, Committee MemberCaroline Elaine Clifford, Committee MemberPaul C Painter, Committee Member