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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6780210 | Process for forming a fuel product from paper mill sludge A process for making a fuel product from paper mill sludge including dewatering the paper mill sludge so as to have a solids content of greater than 7 percent by weight, mixing an oxide-containing chemical and molasses with the dewatered paper mill sludge, pressuriz... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6692544 | Municipal waste briquetting system and method of filling land Mechanically and biologically stable briquettes and pellets are obtained from either municipal solid waste (MSW), Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) or municipal sewage sludge and their combination for purposes of disposing said briquettes and pellets as fuel in w... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6626966 | Coal briquette and production thereof A method of producing coal briquette at a low energy cost by saving heating step or drying step for fine coal, which comprises adding and mixing from 1 to 10 mass parts of powdery starch to a coal having 15 mass % or more of water content and comprising 5... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6582486 | Solid combustible composition A solid combustible composition having an apparent density lower than 0.6 g/cm3 and comprising a first portion consisting of an urban solid waste, a second portion consisting of elastomeric material and a third portion consisting of non-elastom... | 06/24/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6458177 | Synthetic fire logs A mixture includes paraffin wax and a thickening agent, the thickening agent being pseudoplastic above the melting point of the paraffin wax. The paraffin wax ideally makes up 50-99% w of the mixture, and the thickening agent 1-40% w of the mixture. The t... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6436157 | Gasification of biosludge The high intracellular water content contained within the cell walls of the bacterial cells of a dewatered biosludge is reduced by removing the intracellular water in a denaturing operation. This operation comprises heating the biosludge at a temperature ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6273922 | Durable briquettes for use in gas-fired barbecue grills A briquette, and method of making it, for use in gas-fired barbecue grills. The briquette features three desirable characteristics: (1) relative permanency or durability, i.e. it is useable a number of times without physical disintegration or shedding of ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6273923 | Catalytic vacuum distillation process An apparatus and process combines a mixture of hazardous waste generated by petroleum refining and/or production with a catalytic media and then process the mixture by subjecting the mixture to a heating process and a vacuum system to provide a dry solid ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6214064 | Process for making a fuel product from coal fines and sewage sludge A process for making a fuel product including blending a sewage sludge with an acid, mixing an oxide-containing chemical with the blended sludge so as to cause a reaction which elevates a temperature of the sludge, pressurizing the mixed sludge to a press... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6152974 | Solid combustible composition A solid combustible composition having an apparent density lower than 0.6 g/cm3 and comprising a first portion consisting of an urban solid waste, a second portion consisting of elastomeric material and a third portion consisting of non-elastom... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6063147 | Gasification of biosludge The high intracellular water content contained within the cell walls of the bacterial cells of a dewatered biosludge is reduced by removing the intracellular water in a denaturing operation. This operation comprises heating the biosludge at a temperature ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5879421 | Apparatus and method for forming an aggregate product from particulate material This invention is directed to a method and apparatus for forming an aggregate product from particulate material, and in particular for making an aggregate coal product from coal particles. The method involves the steps of 1) loading the coal particles int... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5464454 | Apparatus and methods for the utilization of combustible materials especially of industrial and household waste The present invention concerns gasification, respectively an incineration reactor in which a gas is produced which is used for the environmentally friendly production of energy with virtually no emissions. Furthermore, a process for the production of ener... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5429645 | Solid fuel and process for combustion of the solid fuel A solid fuel containing a recycled residue from anaerobic fermentation or anaerobic digestion of an organic material. The solid fuel can also contain a volatile solid fossil fuel. The residue is preferably derived from an anaerobic digestion process of mu... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5411560 | Method of producing binderless pellets from low rank coal The invention relates to a method and apparatus of forming pellets and in particular spherical binderless pellets from lower rank coals. The method includes the steps of feeding a pelletizing means 10, with a lower rank feedstock, 1; rotating the coal in ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5376156 | Method for binding particulate wastes such as dusts, fibers, paper and metal wastes or the like, into solids The particulate waste is mixed with plastic waste in a screw extruder, pressed and extruded. The particulate waste and plastic waste are introduced into the feed hopper of a screw extruder. The components introduced are intimately mixed in the screw extru... | 12/27/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5124104 | Coal pond fines agglomeration A process for producing spherical pellets from wet coal silt or also known as filter cake. The process involves mixing dry ash with the filter cake in a mixer. The blend thereof is discharged into a shallow pan disc pelletizer to produce pellets which are... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5104417 | Substitute coal from acetylene production by-products A coal substitute product and process for producing it from by-products formed in the production of acetylene from natural gas is disclosed. The first by-product is an aqueous slurry of soot which is mixed with the second by-product, an acetylene polymer.... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5009672 | Process for recycling and reutilizing waste, in particular solid urban waste Process for recycling and recovering solid urban waste and the like, consisting in subjecting solid urban waste (SUW), after the removal of any ferromagnetic material present therein, to high-pressure compression inside a screening press or the like, so a... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4867755 | Preparation of composite fuels, with reduced sulfur emission characteristics, from oily and carbonaceous wastes A method of preparing a sulfur-containing composite fuel is provided to utilize some high-sulfur content solid and semi-solid fuels such as tar sand coke and refinery tank sludges by reducing their sulfur emission on combustion. The method comprises the s... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4846849 | Method of flue stream heating Fine-grained substances which do not soften below 800° C., such as oil coke, coking duff, pitch coke and/or fine-grained coal with less than 14% volatile constituents, sand, ores, metal oxides, metals or mixtures of such substances, are introduced in at ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4824438 | Process for producing smokeless, cured fuel briquettes Green briquettes made from particulate carbonaceous material and lignosulfonate as a binder are cured in an oven in the presence of circulating gases containing a high percentage of oxygen and superheated steam. The sulfur derived from the binder is oxidi... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4681597 | Method for agglomerating powdered coal by compaction In its method aspect, this invention proposes adding water and small quantities of surfactant, such as dioctyl sodium sulfusuccinate, to powdered carboniferous material in a process for pelletizing the powdered material. In its composition of matter aspec... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4601729 | Aqueous phase continuous, coal fuel slurry and a method of its production An aqueous phase continuous, fuel slurry is claimed, and its method of production from agglomerates consisting essentially of carbonaceous particles, agglomerating oil and residual water. The slurry may be formed by thoroughly mixing with agglomerates an ... | 07/22/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4461627 | Upgrading method of low-rank coal A coal is finely pulverized. The finely pulverized coal is subjected to dry distillation. A tar obtained by the dry distillation is added to an aqueous slurry together with the dry-distilled coal to effect the submerged granulation.... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4448585 | Process for forming stable coal-oil mixtures A process for forming a coal-oil mixture fuel slurry of enhanced stability comprising the steps of: (1) contacting an aqueous slurry of coal particles containing ash and iron pyrite mineral matter with a promoting amount of at least one conditioning agent... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4436618 | Recovery of coal from coal handling operations This specification discloses a greatly simplified method and system for recovering coal from a particulate coal bearing slurry (1) in which an appropriate hydrophobic liquid or emulsion of hydrophobic liquid in water (2) is introduced into the inlet of a ... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4417899 | Self-bursting coal pellets and a method of making them A coal pellet which disintegrates in the presence of excess heat and comprises coal particles, water soluble binder and water. The binder is first dissolved in water and then coal particles are blended with the aqueous binder solution. The blend is agitat... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4398917 | Process for the preparation of fuel pellets A simple and efficient process is provided for the preparation of fuel pellets comprised of, in whole or in part, a modified cellulosic material. By contacting a cellulosic material with certain enzymes, such as cellulase, the cellulose structure is modified s... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4360422 | Process for selectively aggregating coal powder A process for removing ash from raw coal is described, comprising adding mineral oil to a slurry composed of a coal powder and water, granulating the coal by stirring to form granules, and separating the resulting coal granules by a screen, wherein the im... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4344769 | Process and installation for treating coking coal In the pre-heating of coal the coal is entrained and/or fluidized in a heat exchange chamber by a heat-transfer gas which pneumatically conveys the coal from the chamber through a duct to a separator in which the coal is separated from gas. A hydrocarbon ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4308033 | Fuel pellet and process for making it by shaping under pressure an organic fibrous material An organic fibrous material such as bagasse, tree bark, sawdust, straw, peat moss, tree twigs and the like is mixed with a waxy material which is compatible with natural waxy substances contained by the organic fibrous material. The mixture is shaped into... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4303494 | Continuous reaction/separation method for nucleated growth reactions A solid product resulting from the nucleated growth of the product on solid material of either the same or different composition and having a density higher than the reaction medium is formed from one or more liquid phase reactants by a method which compr... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4302211 | Process for improving flow characteristics of coal produced by dewatering aqueous coal slurries A relatively dry coal product can be prepared from aqueous slurries of respectively fine and granular coal particles by agitating the fine particles with water and binder to form mechanically separable agglomerates and, before separating them from most or... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4290780 | Method for gasifying finely-divided coal in a fixed bed gasifier A process for gasifying finely-divided coal in a fixed bed gasifier, the process comprising: charging finely-divided coal to a stirred semi-fluidized carbonizer reaction zone where the coal is contacted with oxygen and agglomerated into coal derived parti... | 09/22/1981 |
