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Coal filtration process and dewatering aids therefore

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7019557

This patent describes an improvement in a method for dewatering an aqueous slurry of solid coal particulates wherein the aqueous slurry contains between about 10 and 60 percent of solid coal particulates and a dewatering aid is added to the slurry followed by vacuum filtration thereof to produce a filter cake of the coal particulates. The improvement for lowering the water content of the filter cake comprises adding to the slurry prior to filtration an effective amount of a dewatering aid selected.

Assignee:
Sherex Chemical Co., Inc., Dublin , OH
Patent Number(s):
US 4892663; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7279423A
OSTI ID:
7019557
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English