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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Harsco Corporation, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen R. Miranda, Coraopolis, PA (US);
William V. Abbate, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Mary Provance-Bowley, Valencia, PA (US);
Assignee:
HARSCO CORPORATION, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C05D 9/02 (2006.01); B09B 3/00 (2006.01); C05D 9/00 (2006.01); C05F 11/02 (2006.01); C05G 3/00 (2006.01); B09C 1/10 (2006.01); C05G 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C05D 9/02 (2013.01); B09B 3/00 (2013.01); B09C 1/105 (2013.01); C05D 9/00 (2013.01); C05F 11/02 (2013.01); C05G 3/00 (2013.01); C05G 3/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A coal refuse remediation process is described. The process includes providing coal refuse and blending a slag with at least a portion of the coal refuse to form a medium. The coal refuse has a particle size. The medium has a pH within a range of about 3.5 and about 10 and the medium facilitates growth of vegetation when applied to a coal refuse pile at a thickness of less than about 24 inches.