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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:
Apr. 21, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sanford A Weil, Chicago, IL (US);
Dharamvir Punwani, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
William W Bodle, Deerfield, IL (US);
Assignee:
Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C07C / ; C07C / ; C10B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208 / ; 2604495 ; 2604 / ; 201 16 ; 201 25 ; 202 87 ;
Abstract
A process and apparatus for production of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from peat providing wide variation of the composite proportion of liquid-gas output while maintaining high overall carbon conversion to useful fuel. The process and apparatus utilizes three process stages in a single vessel providing functions of drying wet peat, provisions for addition of both wet and dry peat to a hydropyrolysis zone and gasification of the peat char.