Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Drying low rank coal and retarding spontaneous ignition

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5934366
A method is described of passivating and cooling heated dried coal comprising: (a) heating particulate coal to a temperature between about 190 and about 230/sup 0/F to dry to the desired level: and (b) coating the resulting heated particulate coal with an aqueous emulsion of a hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of petroleum resid, light cycle oil, heavy cycle oil, clarified slurry oil, durene, asphaltenes, coal tar and coal tar pitch.
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corp., New York, NY
Patent Number(s):
US 4828575
OSTI ID:
5934366
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English