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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:
Feb. 21, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert J Lang, Baytown, TX (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Linden, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208-8 ; 208127 ; 201 20 ; 4819 / ; 48210 ; 252373 ;
Abstract
Coal is liquefied by treatment with a hydrogen-donor solvent and gaseous hydrogen, a heavy bottoms product boiling primarily in excess of about 1000.degree. F. is recovered, and this bottoms product is then pyrolyzed with fresh coal to produce surprisingly high yields of liquid product. The coke formed during the pyrolysis step may be gasified to generate hydrogen for use in the liquefaction operation and additional gas which can be employed as a fuel or upgraded for other uses.