Patent · US Expired

Methods of cleaning coal

US4461625A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 1980
Grant dateJul 24, 1984
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2000

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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