Method and means for exploiting fuel having high sulfur content
US5571490A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E20/12
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
High sulfur content fuel is combusted in the presence of oil shale containing significant amounts of calcium carbonate so that the sulfur and calcium carbonate oxidize and react to form calcium sulfate particulate which captures the sulfur and in the fuel and prevents its release to the atmosphere.
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