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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward L Cole, Fishkill, NY (US);
Howard V Hess, Glenham, NY (US);
William F Franz, Gardiner, NY (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C / ; C10L / ; C10B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
44 / ; 201 17 ; 241 17 ;
Abstract
The heating value of solid fuel is increased and the particle size decreased by passing a slurry of the fuel in liquid water at a temperature between 400.degree. F. and the critical temperature of water through a tubular attrition under conditions of turbulent flow. The product slurry is suitable for pipelining.