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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Applicants:
Satoru Sugita, Takasago, JP;
Tetsuya Deguchi, Takasago, JP;
Takuo Shigehisa, Takasago, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 1/00 (2006.01); C10L 5/04 (2006.01); C10L 5/36 (2006.01); C10L 9/00 (2006.01); C10L 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 5/04 (2013.01); C10L 5/361 (2013.01); C10L 5/366 (2013.01); C10L 9/00 (2013.01); C10L 9/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for producing a low-pyrophoricity, transportable, storable dewatered solid fuel from a low rank coal, includes a mixing vesselin which an oil containing a solvent oil is mixed with a coal to prepare a raw material slurry; evaporatorsandthat evaporate moisture from the raw material slurry; a solid-liquid separator that performs solid-liquid separation on the slurry from which moisture has been evaporated; and an element that adds a heavy oil to the slurry after the completion of or in the course of evaporating moisture.