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Method of recovering coal in aqueous slurry form

US4132448A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 6, 1977
Grant dateJan 2, 1979
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Expiry dateSep 6, 1997

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  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B43/28
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method of in-situ coal recovery in slurry form from a coal deposit by first contacting the coal with a gaseous mixture of an oxygen-containing gas containing vaporized NO.sub.2, then with an aqueous alkaline solution to slurry the coal, and then recovering the slurried coal from the deposit.

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