Patents Represented by Attorney John R. Jenkens & Gilchrist PC Kirk, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5815946
    Abstract: A process is described whereby wet coal may be dehydrated and inhibited against rehydration by immersing in a bath of molten paraffin hydrocarbon for a sufficient period of time to evaporate and expel inherent water from the coal. The hydrocarbon then inhibits any rehydration period. It is also an embodiment of this invention to describe a process whereby the water expelled may be recovered for useful purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventor: Miles W. Dean