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Title: Process for making metallurgical coke

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6003267

An improved process for making metallurgical coke is provided as follows. An effluent slurry consisting essentially of coal extract, solvent and undissolved coal is obtained from the liquefaction of coal by solvent extraction. Solvent is removed from the slurry by distillation to produce a bottoms product which contains non-distillable extract, undissolved coal and residual solvent. The bottoms product is flowable at elevated temperatures below its carbonizing temperature and solidifiable at lower temperatures. The bottoms product is blended with sufficient finely divided hot coaly solids (Unsuitable per se for making metallurgical coke) in a hot blending zone which is maintained at a temperature above the softening point of the nondistillable coal extract and below the coking temperature thereof to produce a solidifiable product which, in particulate solidified state, serves as part or all of the feedstock to a coking zone to produce coke suitable for use in a blast furnace.

Assignee:
Conoco Inc
Patent Number(s):
US 4201655
OSTI ID:
6003267
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 18 Dec 1978
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English