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Splitting up of extracts obtained from solid carbonaceous materials. [separation of waxes and asphalts from liquefaction products]

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7301899
An improved process for working up liquefaction products from solid bituminous carbonaceous materials containing insoluble non-carbonaceous substances and selected from the class consisting of mineral coals, brown coals, shales and peat comprises extracting the solid carbonaceous material with a suitable solvent at a temperature above about 370/sup 0/C to dissolve both asphaltic and waxy constituents, separating the undissolved portions from the resulting solution, removing at least a portion of the solvent from the solution, then slowly chilling the remaining solution of asphaltic and waxy constituents to a temperature sufficient to cause separation of the asphaltic constituents as a relatively heavier layer from a relatively lighter liquid wax layer and mechanically separating the waxy and the asphaltic layers.
Assignee:
TIC; EDB-77-116946
Patent Number(s):
US 2223184
OSTI ID:
7301899
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English