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Title: Decaking of coal or oil shale during pyrolysis in the presence of iron oxides

Abstract

A method for producing a fuel from the pyrolysis of coal or oil shale in the presence of iron oxide in an inert gas atmosphere is described. The method includes the steps of pulverizing feed coal or oil shale, pulverizing iron oxide, mixing the pulverized feed and iron oxide, and heating the mixture in a gas atmosphere which is substantially inert to the mixture so as to form a product fuel, which may be gaseous, liquid and/or solid. The method of the invention reduces the swelling of coals, such as bituminous coal and the like, which are otherwise known to swell during pyrolysis. 4 figs., 8 tabs.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), WV (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6306801
Patent Number(s):
7190429
Application Number:
ON: DE89010087
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02F - DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS; COAL; PYROLYSIS; OIL SHALES; ADDITIVES; COMMINUTION; HEATING; INVENTIONS; IRON OXIDES; MIXING; YIELDS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY SOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; 010409* - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Pyrolysis & Carbonization- (1987-); 040402 - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Surface Methods

Citation Formats

Rashid Khan, M. Decaking of coal or oil shale during pyrolysis in the presence of iron oxides. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
Rashid Khan, M. Decaking of coal or oil shale during pyrolysis in the presence of iron oxides. United States.
Rashid Khan, M. Thu . "Decaking of coal or oil shale during pyrolysis in the presence of iron oxides". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6306801.
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author = {Rashid Khan, M.},
abstractNote = {A method for producing a fuel from the pyrolysis of coal or oil shale in the presence of iron oxide in an inert gas atmosphere is described. The method includes the steps of pulverizing feed coal or oil shale, pulverizing iron oxide, mixing the pulverized feed and iron oxide, and heating the mixture in a gas atmosphere which is substantially inert to the mixture so as to form a product fuel, which may be gaseous, liquid and/or solid. The method of the invention reduces the swelling of coals, such as bituminous coal and the like, which are otherwise known to swell during pyrolysis. 4 figs., 8 tabs.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 05 00:00:00 EDT 1988},
month = {Thu May 05 00:00:00 EDT 1988}
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