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Title: Solvent pretreatment of feed coal for briquetting

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6559159

Solvent pretreating of coal fines prior to briquetting results in coal briquettes which have no added binder and which will withstand weathering conditions better than binder containing briquettes. The solvents are generally described as organic Lewis base solvents which are capable of electron donor action, and include among others, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, and ethylene diamine.

Assignee:
Iowa State University Res Foundation Inc
Patent Number(s):
US 4235603
OSTI ID:
6559159
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 26 Apr 1979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English