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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Kenneth B. Anderson, Carbondale, IL (US);
John C. Crelling, Carbondale, IL (US);
William W. Huggett, Herrin, IL (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth B. Anderson, Carbondale, IL (US);
John C. Crelling, Carbondale, IL (US);
William W. Huggett, Herrin, IL (US);
Assignee:
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/18 (2006.01); C07C 1/00 (2006.01); C10G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process of solubilizing organic solids that includes reacting an organic solid with an oxidant in superheated water to form a solubilized organic solute. Preferably, the organic solid is selected from the group consisting of coal, lignite, kerogen, biomass, solid organic wastes, and mixtures thereof. The oxidant preferably is molecular oxygen.