Inventors:
Albert F. Baker - Pittsburgh PA
Eric W. Blaustein - Pittsburgh PA
Albert W. Deurbrouck - Pittsburgh PA
John P. Garvin - Pittsburgh PA
Robert E. McKeever - Pittsburgh PA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States
Department of Energy - Washington DC
International Classification:
C10L 502, C10L 516
Abstract:
The specification discloses lignite pellets which are relatively hard, dust resistant, of generally uniform size and free from spontaneous ignition and general degradation. Also disclosed are methods for making such pellets which involve crushing as mined lignite, mixing said lignite with a binder such as asphalt, forming the lignite binder mixture into pellets, and drying the pellets.