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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7727292 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine utilizing a carbohydrate-based fuel mixture A method for operating an internal combustion engine utilizing a fuel mixture containing a suspension in air at a concentration of about 200 mg of fuel per liter of air, of a solid fuel including at least one of a cereal flour, a cotton flour, a soybean flour, a pot... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7419516 | Use of oxide nanoparticles in soot reduction Novel nano-sized rare earth metal oxide prepared from aqueous reverse micelles is provided. The engineered nanoparticles have large surface area to volume ratios, and sufficient oxygen vacancies on the surface of each particle, so that when mixed with carbon-contain... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7341102 | Flue gas injection for heavy oil recovery A variety of methods for thermal recovery of natural gas and bitumen from a formation containing the latter. In general, the methods incorporate a series of existing, but previously uncombined technologies. A modified flue gas from the steam generators conventionall... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7282072 | Synthetic fuel and methods for producing synthetic fuel The present invention provides synthetic fuels, additives for use in preparing synthetic fuels and methods for producing synthetic fuel. The synthetic fuels include low levels of a chemical change additive selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth oxides ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282071 | Starch as a fuel or fuel component New fuels and fuel components comprising starch are provided, as well as novel methods for operating a combustor such as a boiler or an internal combustion engine by feeding a starch fuel to the combustor. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279017 | Method for converting heavy oil residuum to a useful fuel A method for enabling the use of heavy oil residuum by conversion to a useful product. The method, in one embodiment, involves the use of a heavy oil residuum which is substantially non flowable. The viscosity of the residuum is reduced by heat or a combination of h... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7229568 | Environmentally benign anti-icing or deicing fluids The present invention provides deicing compositions which are environmentally benign, a process for producing the composition from certain waste process streams, and methods of deicing and/or anti-icing. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201781 | Carbohydrate-based fuel mixture and method for operating an internal combustion engine using a carbohydrate-based solid fuel A fuel mixture containing a suspension in air at a concentration of about 200 mg of fuel per liter of air, of a solid fuel including at least one of a cereal flour, a cotton flour, a soybean flour, a potato flour, a cassava flour, a dehydrated chocolate powder and a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6984746 | Method for the production of α-alane A method of forming α-alane. The method includes reacting aluminum trichloride and an alkali metal hydride to form an alane-ether complex solution. An aqueous ether solution is optionally added to the alane-ether complex solution to form a partially hydrolyzed ethe... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6964691 | Method of preparing a synthetic fuel from coal A method of preparing a synthetic fuel from coal comprising applying to the coal an aqueous emulsion of one or more reactive polymers and thoroughly mixing the coal to yield a complete reaction of the coal with the reactive polymers, wherein the reactive polymers ar... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6641624 | Method of preparing a synthetic fuel from coal A method of preparing a synthetic fuel from coal comprising reacting the coal with a polymer composition comprising an aqueous solution or an aqueous emulsion of one or more reactive polymers, the reactive polymers selected from the group consisting of et... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6530966 | Coal binder compositions and methods Binder compositions for converting coal waste into fuel including a distillable petroleum hydrocarbon emulsified with a surfactant and water are provided. The invention also includes methods for making the binder compositions. The methods include blending... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6514332 | Coating compositions containing methyl/ethyl esters and methods of using same Coating compositions containing a bituminous material and an effective amount of a methyl/ethyl ester diluent for coating bulk solids are disclosed. The coating compositions of the present invention are particularly suited to reduce dust formation and cak... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6093223 | Aggregates of ceric oxide crystallites and reduction of vehicular emissions therewith Vehicular emissions are reduced/purified via combustion of the hydrocarbon fuel therefor, e.g., diesel fuel, in the presence of a cerium compound, preferably a cerium (IV) compound, to produce soots having depressed ignition temperatures that contain effe... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5551451 | Fuel element composition The present invention is directed to a composition suitable for making fuel elements for smoking articles, which comprises at least about 50 weight percent, preferably at least about 60 weight percent, and most preferably at least about 70 weight percent ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5194069 | Method and apparatus for refinement of organic material A method and an apparatus for the refinement of organic material is disclosed. Converting and processing organic material is achieved with or without organic and inorganic additions. The base material uses waste material, i.e. forest industry waste and sl... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5076812 | Coal treatment process and apparatus therefor A process for demineralizing and agglomerating coal in which the coal is subjected to pulverization in order to separate mineral matters therefrom and resulting coal particles are agglomerated through the use of a bridging liquid and a binder. Oversided c... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5066310 | Method for recovering light hydrocarbons from coal agglomerates A method and apparatus for removing light hydrocarbons, such as heptane, from coal agglomerates includes an enclosed chamber having a substantially horizontal perforate surface therein. The coal agglomerates are introduced into a water bath within the cha... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5002797 | Process for aluminum-encapsulated ammonium perchlorate by vapor deposition Aluminum-coated ammonium perchlorate is prepared in an apparatus consisting f a four-opening reaction flask (which serves as a vacuum chamber). The reaction flask is fitted with an electrically-heated tungsten helix coil (for vaporizing the aluminum), a me... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4994422 | Microspheres coated with catalyst and methods of producing same Means and methods of producing catalytically coated microspheres of hydrocarbon fuel in a tower into which precharged free floating initially frozen globules of hydrocarbon fuel are drawn through a catalytic plasma field by an attracting electrostatic for... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4797135 | Method of facilitating comminution of wood and other types of vegetable biomass for use as fuel A method for the production of highly comminuted flour of wood and other types of vegetable biomass suitable for the use as fuel, in that coarsely ground wood or other type of coarsely ground vegetable biomass is treated with a dilute solution of an alkal... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4764282 | Disposal of toxic and polymeric wastes A process for disposing of toxic organic waste fluids comprising contacting a polymeric carrier particle, such as ground tire rubber, with a toxic organic fluid that dissolves in the solid polymeric carrier. The waste fluid dissolved in the polymeric carr... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4666741 | Compositions for the freeze protection of coal solids Certain blends of mono and diethylene glycol and ethers thereof, when combined in certain proportions with urea, are excellent freeze protection for moist coal solids.... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4624807 | Process for producing microspherical, oil-containing carbonaceous particles A two-step process for producing microspherical pitch or green coke particles having an average diameter of 30-200 μm from finely divided petroleum or coal pitch having a softening point of 60°-220° C. and a fixed carbon content of 40-75 wt %. In the f... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4594076 | Method and composition for reducing the strength of ice This invention is directed to the reduction of the strength of ice in association with solid particulate materials, such as, for example, coal, by applying to the solid particulate material, prior to exposure to water freezing conditions, a composition co... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4477259 | Grinding mixture and process for preparing a slurry therefrom 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 carr... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4470827 | Freeze conditioning composition and method The present invention provides freeze conditioning compositions for reducing moisture freezing problems found with moisture containing particulate solids, such as coal and ores and the like, comprising an alkylene polyol, such as ethylene glycol, and an e... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4425135 | Motor fuel containing refined carbonaceous material A stable motor fuel is disclosed which contains essentially ash free refined carbonaceous material having a specific particle size range. The refined carbonaceous material can be obtained by treating coal, and is mixed either with a low molecular weight a... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4422246 | Process for feeding slurry-pressurized and solvent-dewatered coal into a pressurized zone Substantially dry coal fines are fed into a pressurized zone by slurrying coal fines with a liquid, water-miscible, volatile organic solvent to form a pumpable slurry, pressurizing the slurry, removing and recycling the organic solvent component of the li... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4381986 | Cooling and solidification of heavy hydrocarbon liquid streams A process and apparatus for cooling and solidifying a stream of heavy hydrocarbon material normally boiling above about 850° F., such as vacuum bottoms material from a coal liquefaction process. The hydrocarbon stream is dropped into a liquid bath, prefe... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4342797 | Wet flow characteristic of coal and other water-insoluble solid particles The wet flow characteristic of water-insoluble solid particles such as coal is enhanced by forming on the surface of the solid particles a coating of a fluid having the property of lowering surface tension in aqueous solution, preferably a water solution ... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4305727 | Use of an organic acid as an embrittling agent for waste The instant invention relates to a method of converting the solid organic fraction of solid waste into a powdered fuel which comprises heating said solid organic fraction in the presence of an organic acid for a time and at a temperature sufficient to emb... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4304573 | Process of beneficiating coal and product Mine run coal is pulverized and the extended surfaces of the coal particles are rendered hydrophobic and oilophilic by a chemical bonding and graft polymerization reaction with a water unsoluble organic polymerizable monomer under peroxidation influence i... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4298350 | Method of embrittling waste The instant invention relates to a method of converting the solid organic fraction of solid waste into a powdered fuel which comprises heating said solid organic fraction in an inert atmosphere for a time and at a temperature sufficient to embrittle said ... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4298349 | Use of aldehydes as embrittling agents for waste The instant invention relates to a method of converting the solid organic fraction of solid waste into a powdered fuel which comprises heating said solid organic fraction in the presence of an aldehyde having more than one carbon atom, preferably a multif... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4288231 | Coal treatment process A process and apparatus for treating coal to produce micron-size coal particles having high surface reactivity and a low level of ash-forming impurities. The process involves grinding the coal in a substantially air tight fluid energy attrition mill to fo... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4278442 | Method for reducing caking property of coal A method for reducing the caking property of coal, by contacting coal with sulfur dioxide in an amount at least 0.5 times the amount of the coal on a weight basis, at a temperature of at least 120° C. under a pressure of at least 10 Kg/cm2, an... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4265636 | Use of formaldehyde as a chemical embrittling agent for waste The instant invention relates to a method of converting the solid organic fraction of solid waste into a powdered fuel which comprises heating said solid organic fraction in the presence of formaldehyde for a time and at a temperature sufficient to embrit... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4237101 | Process for treating solid carbonaceous fossil fuels and the products thus prepared Solid carbonaceous fossil fuels such as coal, lignite and peat are treated with an aqueous medium containing a novel catalyst to remove undesirable constituents and produce valuable products. The catalyst is prepared by steps including admixing a water so... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4201551 | Embrittlement additive for treating organic materials In a process for treating the organic fraction of solid waste and cellulosic material with acid to form an embrittled material reducible to a powdered material, increased embrittlement and grinding efficiency are obtained by including an embrittlement add... | 05/06/1980 |
