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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. 20, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles G Scouten, Warrenville, IL (US);
Arunabha Basu, Naperville, IL (US);
Joseph T Joseph, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208400 ; 208415 ; 208418 ; 208419 ; 208426 ; 208428 ;
Abstract
A composition consisting essentially of a carbonaceous solid containing at least one carboxyl group is heated with subcritical liquid water at decarboxylation conditions including a temperature of at least about 300.degree. F. to substantially decarboxylate the solid, thereby producing a stream comprising a decarboxylated solid and water. The water is separated from the decarboxylated solid prior to liquefying the solid.