Process for coal - heavy oil upgrading

Details Process for coal - heavy oil upgrading Process for coal - heavy oil upgrading

1994-06-30

1996-04-02

Willis, Jr., Prince

Fuel and related compositions

Coal treating process or product thereof

44592, 44608, 44626, 44628, C10L 508

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active

055036465

ABSTRACT:
A process for upgrading a low rank coal and a heavy oil to produce an improved coal product and an improved oil product. First, the low rank coal is dewatered to reduce its moisture content to less than about 4 percent in order to render the low rank coal more oleophilic. Next, the dewatered low rank coal is mixed with a quantity of the heavy oil of between about 15 and 40 percent of the dry weight of the low rank coal so that the heavy oil substantially contacts the low rank coal in order to produce a mixture. The mixture is then heated to a temperature less than the mild thermal cracking limit of the mixture in order to separate hydrocarbons from the mixture and to produce the improved coal product. The hydrocarbons separated from the mixture during the heating step are then collected in order to produce the improved oil product.

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