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Process for eliminating nitrogenous ingredients from solid fuel

US3942956A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 6, 1975
Grant dateMar 9, 1976
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10L9/02
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A nitrogenous ingredient is eliminated from solid fuel, for example, coal, by treating in a treating chamber, the coal with a treating gas having a predetermined temperature and composition at a temperature of 650.degree. to 1200.degree.C, the treating gas being prepared by uniformly mixing, in a conditioning chamber located upstream from the treating chamber, a predetermined amount of steam or water and hydrogen gas or a mixture gas containing at least 30% by volume of hydrogen gas together with an inert burnt gas containing at most 2% by volume of oxygen gas.

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