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Treating and cleaning coal methods

US4244699A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1979
Grant dateJan 13, 1981
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Expiry dateJan 15, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10L9/10
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Methods of and apparatus for cleaning coal in which halogenated hydrocarbons 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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