Ash-free coal production method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9382493
APP PUB NO 20140325901A1
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14358881

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Provided is an ash-free coal production method without the need to once re-liquefy and form an ash-free coal. The ash-free coal production method includes an extraction step of mixing coal with a solvent to prepare a slurry and heating the slurry to extract a solvent-soluble coal component; a separation step of separating a solution containing the solvent-soluble coal component from the slurry obtained from the extraction step; an ash-free coal obtaining step of evaporatively separating the solvent from the solution separated in the separation step to obtain an ash-free coal. The ash-free coal obtaining step in the production method is performed so that the solvent is evaporatively separated from the solution to give a liquid ash-free coal, and the liquid ash-free coal is brought into contact with a solidifier (e.g., water) to solidify into a predetermined shape.

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KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL LTD )KOBE-SHI HYOGO 651-8585

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Hamaguchi, Maki Hyogo, JP 31 88
Kinoshita, Shigeru Hyogo, JP 94 370
Okuyama, Noriyuki Hyogo, JP 18 35
Sakai, Koji Hyogo, JP 176 2030
Shishido, Takahiro Hyogo, JP 12 16
Yoshida, Takuya Hyogo, JP 73 418

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