Patent · US Expired

Liquefaction of coal

US4032428A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 1976
Grant dateJun 28, 1977
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Expiry dateJan 28, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G1/083
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention provides an improved process for solvent-refining coal which involves heating an admixture of coal and a thermally stable organic solvent to solubilize substantially the coal to form a slurry of liquefaction phase and a residual solids phase, and thereafter passing the slurry through a filter bed of crushed raw coal to separate the liquefaction phase from the solids phase.

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