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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:
Jul. 16, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Francis J Smit, Arvada, CO (US);
Assignee:
AMAX Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209 13 ; 209172 ; 209173 ; 209211 ;
Abstract
A method for cleaning fine coal is provided which includes: mixing the coal with a fluid of such a specific gravity that clean coal particles would float while refuse particles would sink therein, pretreating the coal-fluid slurry by adding a surfactant, subjecting the mixture to ultrasonic dispersion, and separating the entire mixture into higher and lower specific gravity fluid streams by means of centrifugal separation. The fluid of the chosen specific gravity and the surfactant may be recovered from the fluid streams and recycled if desired.