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Ethanolamine in a method of recovering coal in aqueous slurry form

US4191425A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 1978
Grant dateMar 4, 1980
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Expiry dateDec 20, 1998

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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. The particular aqueous alkaline solution disclosed herein contains ethanolamine.

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