Inventors:
Glenn E. Johnson - Pittsburgh PA
Harry B. Neilson - Clairton PA
Albert J. Forney - Coraopolis PA
William P. Haynes - Pittsburgh PA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy
Research and Development Administration - Washington DC
International Classification:
C10B 5708, C10L 900
Abstract:
Many available coals are "caking coals" which possess the undesirable characteristic of fusing into a solid mass when heated through their plastic temperature range (about 400. degree. C. ) which temperature range is involved in many common treatment processes such as gasification, hydrogenation, carbonization and the like. Unless the caking properties are first destroyed, the coal cannot be satisfactorily used in such processes. A process is disclosed herein for decaking finely divided coal during its transport to the treating zone by propelling the coal entrained in an oyxgen-containing gas through a heated transport pipe whereby the separate transport and decaking steps of the prior art are combined into a single step.