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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 4602917 | Formcoke having modified bituminous binder Formcoke is produced by separately introducing feedstocks of calcined coal particles, bituminous binder and a carbohydrate, preferably an aqueous sugar, into a mixing zone. The resulting mixture is compacted into shapes, such as briquettes, which are then... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4501593 | Process for the production of agglomerated fuels In the pelletization of particles of carbonaceous material improvements in pellet strength are obtained by applying a first water soluble or swellable thermo-hardening binder and a second binder which is an emulsion of a heavy hydrocarbon in such a way th... | 02/26/1985 |
