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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Greatpoint Energy, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Earl T. Robinson, Lakeland, FL (US);
Kenneth P. Keckler, Naperville, IL (US);
Pattabhi K. Raman, Kildeer, IL (US);
Avinash Sirdeshpande, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
GreatPoint Energy, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/00 (2006.01); C10L 5/04 (2006.01); C10L 3/08 (2006.01); C10L 5/10 (2006.01); C10L 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 3/08 (2013.01); C10L 5/10 (2013.01); C10L 5/363 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to processes for preparing agglomerated particulate low-rank coal feedstocks of a particle size suitable for reaction in a fluidized-bed reactor and certain other gasification reactors and, in particular, for coal gasification and combustion applications. The present invention also relates to an integrated coal hydromethanation process including preparing and utilizing such agglomerated particulate low-rank coal feedstocks.