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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7758661 | Method for forming compressed structures using byproducts of biodiesel production as a binding agent A method for forming compressed matter structures suitable as a fuel source comprising producing a glycerine-rich binding agent by a method comprising (i) providing a feedstock, (ii) mixing the feedstock with an alcohol and a catalyst to form a reaction product, (ii... | 07/20/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7252691 | Conversion of municipal solid waste to high fuel value A combustible pellet comprising municipal solid waste. The pellet has a water content of less than 10% by weight and a fuel value of at least 10,000 BTU. A process for the forming of a combustible pellet from municipal solid wastes, comprising the steps of removing ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7233766 | Screw conveyor and developer conveying mechanism An embodiment of a screw conveyor includes a rotating shaft and a conveying blade helically formed around and loosely coupled with the rotating shaft. One or both of two edges of the conveying blade is/are only fixed to the rotating shaft, and a gap is provided betw... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7111575 | Synthetic fuel plant A self-contained, floating, waterway supplied and moveable synthetic fuel plant includes apparatus for receiving components of and for making synthetic fuel of coal and binder for energy consumers. Processes are disclosed. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6918956 | Binder for aggregate, foundry cores, and other products A foundry mold and the method of making it is disclosed and claimed. Black liquor is extracted from a pulping process and used as a resin which when combined with an aggregate forms a foundry mold, foundry core or a briquette. The black liquor can be combined with a... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6902589 | Method for producing shaped, activated charcoal The invention relates to a method for producing shaped, activated charcoal. According to the method, after being ground, carbon-bearing material, or a mixture of several carbon-bearing materials are rendered homogenous with a binding agent which contains water, or a... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6793697 | Coffee-sawdust-based solid fuel composition A solid fuel composition of spent coffee grounds and/or green coffee bean waste, sawdust and a wax binder is useful for manufacturing a fire-log with more flame output. This combination of solid particulate together with wax burns with a natural-sounding sizzling an... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6506223 | Pelletizing and briquetting of combustible organic-waste materials using binders produced by liquefaction of biomass A fuel pellet is produced by the combination of organic waste material with a binder obtained by direct liquefaction and/or fast pyrolysis of biomass material. Direct liquefaction and fast pyrolysis are carried out according to known liquefaction processe... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6447559 | Treatment of coal Process for treating coal to enhance its rank, wherein the temperature of the material is gradually increased in a controlled set of atmospheres, to allow for the reduction of surface and inherent moisture and the controlled reduction of volatile matter w... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6013116 | Briquette binder composition A binder composition for use in forming briquettes is disclosed. The composition comprises from about 5 to about 95% asphalt base and about 5 to about 95% sodium carbonate pulping liquor by weight. The binder composition may contain up to about 3% by weig... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5916826 | Pelletizing and briquetting of coal fines using binders produced by liquefaction of biomass A coal agglomerate is produced by the combination of coal fines with a binder obtained by the direct liquefaction of biomass material. The direct liquefaction is carried out in the absence of oxygen at typical temperatures between about 450 and 700° F. a... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5893946 | Combustible carbonaceous compositions and methods A combustible carbonaceous composition and method of making a charcoal briquette wherein a finely divided carbonaceous material is combined with an activated carbon and/or an activated graphite (which may be formed in-situ during pyrolysis of the composit... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5487764 | Reclaiming and utilizing discarded and newly formed coke breeze, coal fines, and blast furnace revert materials, and related methods A method and a solid fuel product, such as briquettes and pellets, comprising carbon fines, in the form of heretofore discardable coke breeze and/or coal fines and/or revert materials, bound together chemically into smaller pieces to substantially prevent... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5453103 | Reclaiming and utilizing discarded and newly formed coke breeze, coal fines, and blast furnace revert materials, and related methods A method and a solid fuel product, such as briquettes and pellets, comprising carbon fines, in the form of heretofore discardable coke breeze and/or coal fines and/or revert materials, bound together chemically into smaller pieces to substantially prevent... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5368616 | Method for decreasing air pollution from burning a combustible briquette The present invention provides a method of decreasing air pollution from burning a combustible carbonaceous material, wherein the combustible carbonaceous material comprises an admixture of a non-combustible binder material, such as clay, and a combustibl... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5296005 | Process for converting coal into liquid fuel and metallurgical coke A method of recovering coal liquids and producing metallurgical coke utilizes low ash, low sulfur coal as a parent for a coal char formed by pyrolysis with a volatile content of less than 8%. The char is briquetted and heated in an inert gas over a prescr... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5060673 | Agglomerated matrix for cigarettes and method for making same Cigarettes include tobacco-containing smokable material wrapped in a low porosity paper wrapper. The smokable material includes an intimate mixture of tobacco extract, pyrolyzed alphacellulose, agglomerated calcium carbonate particles, glycerin and carbox... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4875905 | Method of preparing a high heating value fuel product A method of preparing a high heating value fuel product that comprises the steps of blending a high heating value sludge material with a cellulosic material, adding a microencapsulation reagent to the blended mixture of the sludge and the cellulosic mater... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4810446 | Method of making straw briquettes Procedure for the manufacture of briquettes or pills for stoking made of stems from grain or straw or similar cellulosic waste material with the admixture of a binding agent. Compressing, principally by trace or piston pressing, at a pressure temporarily ... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4661119 | Coke briquettes A briquette, preferably intended for use as additional combustible in shaft furnaces for melting of mineral in mineral wool manufacture and comprising 30-75% of a combustible in the form of coal and/or coke, 8-35% of a hydraulic binder like cement and 15-... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4615712 | Fuel agglomerates and method of agglomeration Solid fuel agglomerates are prepared of particulate coal or other carbonaceous material with a binder having a high humic acid or humate salt content. The humic acid is extracted from oxidized carbonaceous material with a mild aqueous alkali solution of, ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4596584 | Solid fuel and method of manufacture thereof A solid fuel consists of a mixture of one or more paper products and one or more oil products. Preferred mixtures one waste paper with fuel oil, waste oil, petroleum coke or refinery bottoms. A binding agent and/or an amount of water may be added to the a... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4589887 | Fuel briquettes and method of making Fuel briquettes on the basis of solid organic combustible material, notably biomass material such as straw or other agricultural, horticultural and silvicultural waste or organic household waste, or fine particle industrial waste obtain a satisfactory sto... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4526679 | Removal of low melting particles from unground coal liquefaction residue A mixture of low melting particles and high melting particles is heated to a temperature above the melting point of the low melting particles and below the melting point of the high melting particles thereby melting the low melting particles and forming a... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4484928 | Methods for processing coal Methods of converting raw coals into low ash fuels which are competitive with the heavier grades of petroleum-based fuels and into other products. The raw coal is comminuted in aqueous slurry until resolved into separate, particulate phases of coal and mi... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4460376 | Method of recovering high-grade fuel from solid mineral-fuel raw material A method of recovering high-grade, preferably sulphur-free fuel from a bituminous or pyrobituminous mineral-fuel material, such as coal, oil shale and alum shale, wherein the raw material is finely divided into a sufficiently fine particle size for freein... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4410472 | Method for making spherical binderless pellets A method for making spherical binderless pellets using a rotating drum mixer whereby at least a portion of the particles comprising the pellets is comprised of coking coal particles.... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4369054 | Fiber/slag composition A composition comprising an admixture of pulped fibers and a slag characterized by an open pore structure.... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4309190 | Process of producing coal briquettes for gasification or devolatilization Briquettes made of mainly coal are described to which there has been added 10 to 30% by weight of ash (other than ash which is contained in the coal normally). The briquettes formed from such a mixture have strength which permits them to be subjected to g... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4289500 | Method of producing hot briquettes A method of producing hot briquettes in a plurality of stages comprises heating inert components which do not soften by direct heat exchange with hot carrier gases which are generated in a combustor to a temperature of about from 550° to 700° C. Thereaf... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4248669 | Process for making metallurgical coke using fluidizer char The present invention is an improvement in the known process of making a coking feedstock from non-caking or weakly caking coals for slot-type coke ovens wherein the coal is subjected to solvent extraction; and at least the non-distillable extract in the ... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4248698 | Coal recovery process Agglomeration type processes for recovering coal in which calcium oxide is employed to bring about an effective separation of pyritic sulfur from the coal.... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4234320 | Process for the agglomeration of solids The present invention pertains to a two-stage agglomeration process for coal fines in the form of a pumpable slurry. The slurry is selectively agglomerated in the first stage by the addition of a hydrocarbon binder and the bulk of the water separated from... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4224039 | Coal briquetting methods Methods of and apparatus for cleaning coal in which halogenated hydrocarbons are used as parting liquids. Various novel techniques, components, and combinations thereof are employed to maximize efficiency; to minimize costs and adverse environmental impac... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4221570 | Method and apparatus for producing hardened carbonaceous agglomerates An improved method and apparatus for producing hardened carbonaceous agglomerates from a feedstock selected from the group consisting of finely divided coal solids, finely divided coal-derived solids and hydrocarbonaceous binders is disclosed.... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4178215 | Method of manufacturing blast furnace coke A method of manufacturing blast furnace coke wherein said coke is obtained by a process in which coal to be used for making briquettes is mixed with a caking substance having a softening point of 40°-250° C. with or without a solvent having fluidity at ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4156595 | Formcoke process and apparatus A process for producing formcoke composed of char and selected binders comprising process steps in which non-oxidative thermal carbonization is employed.... | 05/29/1979 |
