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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 5912192 | Multi-layered solid combustible article and its manufacture A burnable article such as a fire log or a barbecue briquette is formed of a top fire-igniting layer, a middle fire-catching layer, and a body layer. The fire-igniting layer has a composition, in weight percent, of from about 47 to about 67 percent carbon... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5421836 | Organic charcoal briquet and method of manufacture A method of forming organic charcoal briquets from a mix of quantities of discrete coconut charcoal particles, borax, pulverized limestone, binder starch and water as well as the fuel product produced thereby.... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5298040 | Process for the preparation of a water-resistant fuel agglomerate Process for the preparation of a water-resistant fuel agglomerate, characterized by the fact: that there are employed a finely divided fuel material, an organic binder and an oxidizing agent, that the oxidizing agent is mixed with either the fuel material, or ... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5242470 | Pelletizing coal or coke with starch particles Coal or other fine particles are pelletized by mixing relatively moist particles of them with fine particles of a waste product collected during grain transport and storage and extruding or pelletizing the mixture without extensive heating or steaming.... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5221290 | Charcoal briquettes bound with an organic binder and a water-swellable clay and method A combustible carbonaceous briquette and method of making the briquette wherein a finely divided carbonaceous material is formed into a desired briquette shape under high pressure whereby carbonaceous particles are bound together by a pre-cooked mixture o... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5009671 | Process for producing a solid, finely divided fuel based on coal Water resistant coal briquettes are obtained by mixing finely divided coal with a first starchy binder in an amount of 0.5 to 3 wt % and with a second binder that contains molasses or fermented molasses (vinasse) and water in an amount of 1 to 4 wt %, and... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4981494 | Water-resistant fuel agglomerate, process for preparing it and composition of matter employed in the process A water-resistant fuel agglomerate based on finely divided fuel material, is characterized by the fact that it comprises, distributed within its constituent mass, effective proportions respectively of at least one organic binder selected from the group co... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4787914 | Briquet for gas and electric grills A combustible briquet is provided having a clay carrier for the flavor producing carbonaceous and/or fibrous materials which prevents the briquet from flaking or otherwise disintegrating during the combustion process so as to allow for gas and electric gr... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4541833 | Coal composition This invention relates to a quick drying and setting coal binding system which comprises (a) an aqueous solution of SiO2 /Na2 O or SiO2 /K2 O; (b) a water soluble surfactant; and (c) an organic ester.... | 09/17/1985 |
