This invention discloses a method for preparing
coal-based high-density fuels, including
adamantane fuels and branched polycyclic cyclic alkanes (PCALs), addressing the problems of limited preparation pathways, limited raw materials, poor low-temperature performance of some PCALs, and low catalyst efficiency in existing related fuels. This invention uses a variety of widely available PCALs and PCALs as raw materials, including non-fused-ring PCALs, non-fused-ring PCALs, and PCALs containing bicyclic [2.2.1]
heptane substituents, employing AlCl3 or aluminochlorochlorohydrate ionic liquids as
isomerization rearrangement catalysts. Molecular structure is controlled through directional
isomerization rearrangement reactions, optimizing fuel cohesion and configuration. This method significantly expands
raw material sources, increases the yield of target products, shortens reaction time, reduces
reaction temperature and cost, and improves the low-temperature performance of raw materials, producing high-density, high
thermal oxidation stability, low
viscosity, and low
freezing point high-performance fuels, laying the foundation for their large-scale production and industrial application.