Aqueous, pumpable fluids from solid carbonaceous materials
US6444711B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/0391
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention is a method for forming a solid carbonaceous material into a pumpable fluid by combining the solid with an aqueous treatment solution and then subjecting the mixture to shearing forces. The solid carbonaceous material can be deasphalter unit rock (“DAU rock”), coke, and mixtures of DAU rock and coke. Aqueous treatment solutions contain a water soluble polymer.
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