Upgrading solid fuels

US4627575A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• The University of Melbourne · AU
• CRA Services Limited · AU

Inventors

• Reginald B. Johns · Melbourne, AU
• Alan Loyd Chaffee · Bundaberg, AU
• David A. Cain · Melbourne, AU
• Alan S. Buchanan · Elmore, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 15, 1984
• Grant date: Dec 9, 1986
• Expiry date: Feb 15, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C10L5/04
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A fuel of increased density and calorific value is produced by subjecting brown coal to shearing forces to produce a wet plastic mass which is subsequently compacted and dried.