Patents by Inventor Louis P. Riess

Louis P. Riess has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for producing a dried particulate coal fuel from a particulate low rank coal
    Patent number: 4501551
    Abstract: A method for producing a dried particulate coal fuel having a reduced tendency to spontaneously ignite from a low rank coal by drying the low rank coal in a fluidized bed, cooling the resulting dried coal in a fluidized bed cooler, separating coal particles smaller than about 80 Tyler Mesh from the cooled dried coal and treating the cooled dried coal with a deactivating fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company
    Inventors: Louis P. Riess, Bernard F. Bonnecaze