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Methods of and apparatus for cleaning coal

US4173530A · kind A · utility

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60Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 24, 1975
Grant dateNov 6, 1979
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Expiry dateMar 24, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G53/30
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Methods of and apparatus for cleaning coal in which fluorochlorocarbons are used as parting liquids. Various novel techniques, components, and combinations thereof are employed to maximize efficiency; to minimize costs and adverse environmental impacts; to make it possible to recover coal of a character which has heretofore been economically unrecoverable; to produce a superior product; and to reach other worthwhile goals.

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