Integrated coal cleaning process
US4552077A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 27, 1984 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23K1/02
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An integrated method of removing alkali metal compounds from sulfur-bearing coal is disclosed. The coal is comminuted (4) and mixed (10) with water (8) to form a slurry (12). In the preferred embodiment, the slurry (12) is comingled with an SO.sub.2 -bearing gas (16) in a transport pipeline (52) to form an acidic slurry which dissolves the alkali compounds out of the coal. The slurry is then separated (22) into a solid portion (24) and a liquid portion (26), the solid portion (24) being combusted (34) to form the SO.sub.2 -bearing gas (16).
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