Pulverized coal carriability improver
First Claim
1. A method for improving pneumatic transportability of pulverized coal, comprising:
- applying a water-soluble inorganic salt to a pulverized coal, said pulverized coal is prepared by pulverizing the raw coal having an average HGI of 30 or above at a water concentration in coal ranging from 0.5 to 30% by weight and said pulverized coal contains in amount of 10% by weight or above, coal particles of 106 μ
m or below in diameter, wherein the treated pulverized coal is in a dry state at the injection port of a metallurgical furnace or a combustion furnace.
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Abstract
The use of pulverized coal as the fuel to be injected into metallurgical or combustion furnace becomes possible enabled by improving the transportability thereof. Further, a pulverized coal is provided, which is inhibiting from bridging or channeling in a hopper, or piping choking. A water-soluble inorganic salt having a polar group is made to adhere to pulverized coal which is prepared from raw coal having an average HGI of 30 or above and which is in a dry state at the injection port of a metallurgical or combustion furnace, The inorganic salt is selected from among BaCl2, CaCl2, Ca(NO2)2, Ca(NO3)2, Ca(ClO)2, K2 CO3, KCl, MgCl2, MgSO4, NH4 BF4, NH4 Cl, (NH4)2 SO4, Na2 CO3, NaCl, NaClO3, NaNO2, NaNO3, NaOH, Na2 S2 O3, Na2 S2 O5, HNO3, H2 SO4, H2 CO3, and HCl.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for improving pneumatic transportability of pulverized coal, comprising:
applying a water-soluble inorganic salt to a pulverized coal, said pulverized coal is prepared by pulverizing the raw coal having an average HGI of 30 or above at a water concentration in coal ranging from 0.5 to 30% by weight and said pulverized coal contains in amount of 10% by weight or above, coal particles of 106 μ
m or below in diameter, wherein the treated pulverized coal is in a dry state at the injection port of a metallurgical furnace or a combustion furnace.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A pulverized coal, comprising:
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a water-soluble inorganic salt adhered to the surface of said pulverized coal, said pulverized coal is prepared by pulverizing feed coal having HGI of 30 or above at a water concentration in coal ranging from 0.5 to 30% by weight and said pulverized coal contains in amount of 10% by weight or above, coal particles of 106 μ
m or below in diameter, wherein said pulverized coal is in a dry state at the injection port of a metallurgical or combustion furnace. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for operating a metallurgical or combustion furnace, comprising:
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preparing a pulverized coal having a water-soluble inorganic salt adhered to its surface by pulverizing raw coal having an average HGI of 30 or above at a water concentration in coal ranging from 0.5 to 30% by weight and said pulverized coal contains in amount of 10% by weight or above, coal particles of 106 μ
m or above in diameter and the treated pulverized coal is in a dry state at the injection port; andinjecting said pulverized coal into the furnace through an injection port. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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