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Title:
METHOD FOR DEHYDRATING WET COAL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1998012490
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A process is described whereby wet coal may be dehydrated and inhibited against rehydration by immersing in a bath of molten paraffin hydrocarbon (14) for a sufficient period of time to evaporate and expel inherent water from the coal. The hydrocarbon then inhibits any rehydration period. It is also an embodiment of this invention to describe a process whereby the water expelled may be recovered for useful purposes.

Inventors:
DEAN MILES W (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US1997/015889
Publication Date:
April 01, 1999
Filing Date:
September 09, 1997
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Assignee:
DEAN MILES W (US)
International Classes:
C10F5/00; C10L9/10; F26B5/00; (IPC1-7): F26B3/00; F26B7/00; C10L5/00; C10L5/04
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