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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:
Nov. 27, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208 10 ;
Abstract
In a method for reforming low grade coal to a carbonaceous material suitable for the production of metallurgical coke, steam coal (noncoking coal), such as sub-bituminous coal, brown coal, etc., is mixed with a catalyst, a co-catalyst (sulfur) and a hydrocarbonaceous heavy oil, and the mixture is thermally reformed in a reducing gaseous atmosphere at elevated pressure and temperature (400.degree. to 450.degree. C.) and the resultant reaction mixture is distilled at a reduced pressure of 40-150 mm Hg and at a temperature of 280.degree. to 350.degree. C. An iron type catalyst is used in proportions up to 3 wt.% based on the coal (on an ash-free, dry basis). The sulfur and heavy oil are recycled.