Coal extraction process

Coal and other solid fossil fuels are subjected to supercritical gaseous extraction by heating a mixture of particulate coal and a solvent mixture of tetralin and xylene at supercritical temperature whereby high extractive yield is obtained and the residual solid material is easily separated from th...

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Main Authors HOLLSTEIN, ELMER J, STEARNS, RICHARD S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.03.1980
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS
FUELS
LUBRICANTS
METALLURGY
MINERAL WAXES
PEAT
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES
PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION
RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES
REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS
REFORMING OF NAPHTHA
SEPARATION
TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Coal and other solid fossil fuels are subjected to supercritical gaseous extraction by heating a mixture of particulate coal and a solvent mixture of tetralin and xylene at supercritical temperature whereby high extractive yield is obtained and the residual solid material is easily separated from the liquid product.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19780918216