Abstract:
A novel grinding mixture useful for preparing a solid-liquid slurry is disclosed. This grinding mixture contains from about 60 to about 82 volume percent of carbonaceous material (such as coal and/or coke), from about 18 to about 40 volume percent of carrier liquid (such as, e.g., water and/or oil), and from about 0.01 to about 4.0 weight percent of dispersing agent. The grinding mixture has a pH of from about 7 to about 12. There are at least two consists in the grinding mixture. From about 2 to about 50 weight percent of the particles in the grinding mixture have a median particle size of from about 0.5 to about 40 microns. From about 50 to about 98 weight percent of the particles in the grinding mixture have a median particle size in excess of 40 microns.There is also provided a process for preparing a liquid-solid slurry wherein the grinding mixture is ground until a slurry is produced whose particle size distribution is in accordance with a specified "CPFT" formula.
Abstract:
A stabilizer for mixed fuels containing a reaction product obtained by reacting (1) a polyol having at least 3 hydroxyl groups in the molecule and a molecular weight of 400-10,000 with (2) an epihalohydrin, as the principal component.
Abstract:
A mixed fuel of coal and oil in the form of a dispersion of coal particles in oil. The coal particles comprise coal particles (A) having a median diameter of 10 microns or less together with coal particles (B) having a median diameter of between 15 and 42 microns. The ratio of coal particles (A) to coal particles (B) is from 8:2 to 1:9. The absolute value of the difference between the median diameter and the modal diameter of all the coal particles in the mixed fuel of coal and oil is at least 2 microns. The mixed fuel preferably has a water content of 0.6% by weight or less.
Abstract:
Comminuted coal-oil mixtures are provided which may be maintained in a homogeneous state by the addition of a polyethoxylated, straight chain aliphatic quaternary ammonium compound corresponding to the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each aliphatic groups having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, wherein y and z are integers having a value of 1 or greater, the sum of y and z being between 2 and 15, and wherein X is an anion selected from the group consisting of CH.sub.3 COO.sup.-, Cl.sup.-, BO.sub.3.sup.-, and (CH.sub.3).sub.2 SO.sub.4.sup.-.
Abstract:
A continuous process for blending coal with a water immiscible liquid produces a uniform, pumpable slurry. Pulverized raw feed coal and preferably a coal derived, water immiscible liquid are continuously fed to a blending zone (12 and 18) in which coal particles and liquid are intimately admixed and advanced in substantially plug flow to form a first slurry. The first slurry is withdrawn from the blending zone (12 and 18) and fed to a mixing zone (24) where it is mixed with a hot slurry to form the pumpable slurry. A portion of the pumpable slurry is continuously recycled to the blending zone (12 and 18) for mixing with the feed coal.
Abstract:
A process for selectively removing hydrophilic constituents from flowable hydrophobic mixtures and suspensions which comprises forming a tenacious paste by mixing water with finely divided material which is insoluble or substantially insoluble in water and in the organic liquid in the hydrophobic mixture or suspension, which is inert to the organic liquid and the hydrophobic materials in the hydrophobic mixture or suspension and which is capable of selectively adsorbing said hydrophilic constituents. The paste is formed in a mixing-type liquid-liquid contactor so that a layer of the paste forms on and clings to the impellers and other internal surfaces of the contactor. The hydrophilic mixture or suspension is placed in the contactor and the impellers are rotated at a relatively low speed so that the paste is subjected to gentle agitation by shearing and folding effects caused by rotation of the impellers and contact with the flowable hydrophobic mixture or suspension so that the hydrophilic constituents are adsorbed by the paste and are separated from the remainder of the hydrophobic mixture or suspension.
Abstract:
The invention provides: a fuel composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a coal-liquid fuel mixture and 0.02 to 1.0 part by weight of at least one additive selected from the group consisting of dibenzylidene sorbitol, ditoluylidene sorbitol, tribenzylidene sorbitol, tritoluylidene sorbitol and hydrogenated castor oil; and a fuel composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a coal-liquid fuel mixture, 0.02 to 1.0 part by weight of at least one additive selected from the group consisting of dibenzylidene sorbitol, ditoluylidene sorbitol, tribenzylidene sorbitol, tritoluylidene sorbitol and hydrogenated castor oil, and 1 to 10 parts by weight of water. The composition shows high stability over a prolonged period of time, preventing the separation into layers of the components.
Abstract:
An ashless liquid fuel of good quality is produced by mixing powdery coal with a pitch having a C/H ratio of from 0.90 to 1.20 in an amount of at least 50 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the powdery coal, subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment conducted at from 400.degree. to 450.degree. C. and thereafter, removing a solid coagulated material formed in the treated product. The pitch having an atomic ratio C/H in the range from 0.90 to 1.20 is obtained by the heat treatment of a residual oil in the distillation of crude oils.
Abstract:
A method of making thixotropic gel fuel compositions comprises the steps of absorbing a combustion enhancing material in the pores of porous solid carboniferous particles, and mixing the solid carboniferous particles containing the combustion enhancing material with a liquid fuel and an effective amount of a gelling agent, wherein the solid carboniferous particles containing the combustion enhancing material form about 5 to about 75 volume percent of the composition; and the composition made according to the method.
Abstract:
This invention relates to the preparation and use of a novel emulsifier for use in formulating storage stable coal and oil fuel mixtures. The stabilizer is prepared by reacting blends of unsaturated aliphatic and cycloaliphatic carboxylic acids with alkali metal hydroxides or amines. This stabilizing emulsifier allows for the preparation of coal and oil fuel mixtures containing up to 50 parts by weight of coal which possess superior storage stability over wide temperature ranges without the coal settling out, which undergo clean combustion thus reducing the increased air pollution normally associated with the combustion of coal or coal containing fuels and which may be used in conventional oil burning furnaces with a minimum of modification.