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Method for producing a dried particulate coal fuel from a particulate low rank coal

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OSTI ID:5663282
A method for producing a dried particulate coal fuel having a reduced tendency to spontaneously ignite from a low rank coal by drying the low rank coal in a fluidized bed, cooling the resulting dried coal in a fluidized bed cooler, separating coal particles smaller than about 80 Tyler Mesh from the cooled dried coal and treating the cooled dried coal with a deactivating fluid.
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Company
Patent Number(s):
US 4501551
OSTI ID:
5663282
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English