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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Setsuo Omoto, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Asahara, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A coal deactivation treatment device for deactivating of coal by means of a treatment gas that is a mixture of air and nitrogen gas is provided with, among other things: a treatment column inside of which coal flows from the top to the bottom; treatment gas feed means, and the like, for feeding treatment gas to the inside of the treatment column; humidifying heaters for heating and humidifying the treatment gas such that the treatment gas fed to the inside of the treatment column can maintain a relative humidity of 35% or greater, even at 95° C.; a temperature sensor and a control device for adjusting the temperature inside the treatment column such that the inside of the treatment column is maintained at a relative humidity of 35% or greater and a temperature of 95° C. or lower.