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Title: Filtering coal-derived oil through a filter media precoated with particles partially solubilized by said oil

Patent ·
OSTI ID:862917

Solids such as char, ash, and refractory organic compounds are removed from coal-derived liquids from coal liquefaction processes by the pressure precoat filtration method using particles of 85-350 mesh material selected from the group of bituminous coal, anthracite coal, lignite, and devolatilized coals as precoat materials and as body feed to the unfiltered coal-derived liquid.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 4046690
OSTI ID:
862917
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English