Rheinische Braunkohlenwerke Ag

Uwe Lenz

Gunter Ritter

Paul Lazik

In a process for making ferrous sulphate in granule form, ferrous sulphate heptahydrate is mixed with fine-grain brown coal or lignite having a low water content, in such an amount that the resulting mixture is pourable.

Process for producing ferrous sulphate in granule form

In order to improve the handling capability of red mud, it is mixed with fine-grain coal material such as brown coal or lignite in dust form, in a ratio by weight of between 0.5-10:1. The liquid present in the red mud is bound by the very fine coal admixed therewith so that the resulting mixture can be stored in a silo and even pneumatically conveyed, and the oily properties of the red mud are removed by the treatment. The mixture is particularly suitable for use in connection with the hydrogenating liquefaction of coal in which the red mud is used as a catalyst.

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Frechen, Germany

Uwe Lenz