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Ethanolamine in a method of recovering coal in aqueous slurry form

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OSTI ID:5723675
A method of in-situ coal recovery in slurry form from a coal deposit by first contacting the coal with a gaseous mixture of an oxygen-containing gas containing vaporized NO/sub 2/, then with an aqueous alkaline solution to slurry the coal, and then recovering the slurried coal from the deposit. The particular aqueous alkaline solution disclosed herein contains ethanolamine.
Assignee:
Chevron Research Co
Patent Number(s):
US 4191425
OSTI ID:
5723675
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English