Patents by Inventor Enhui Zhou

Enhui Zhou 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).

  • Publication number: 20220340830
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lignite transient dehydration upgrading and temperature and pressure instant generation device system. Materials are added by a feeding device above the steam dehydration system and enter a feeding area, at the moment, a sealing valve is opened, an internal material platform is pushed forwards in a rotary mode, wet materials enter a dehydration area, and then the sealing valve is closed after dry materials enter. Saturated steam is added into the device by the steam generation system, then the device is adjusted to be in a high-temperature and high-pressure state by the electric control system, and the pressure is continuously stabilized for a certain period of time. The sealing valve is then opened, the dry materials enter a discharging area and then are discharged by a conveying belt, while new wet materials enter the dehydration area accordingly to begin the next round of dehydration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: BO ZHANG, YUEMIN ZHAO, CHENLONG DUAN, ENHUI ZHOU, PENGFEI ZHAO, ZHENXING ZHANG, FAN YANG
  • Publication number: 20220314233
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of mineral processing and separation, and in particular, to an underground coal hypergravity field separation system and a separation process. The separation system includes a grading hydrocyclone group, hypergravity field separators, feeding pumps, and conveying pumps. Coal collected underground is graded through a grading hydrocyclone first, then is fed into the hypergravity field separators for separation, and finally, is conveyed to a next link for dehydration through the conveying pumps. The separation system of the present disclosure has less supporting equipment, small floor area, and no complex pipeline, and is suitable for a downhole operation. In addition, the hypergravity field separators can provide a high-strength centrifugal acceleration, which can realize rapid separation of coal gangue particles in a radial direction and a tangential direction, and realize effective separation of fine coal gangue particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: China University of Mining and Technology
    Inventors: Enhui Zhou, Yuemin Zhao, Liang Dong, Chenlong Duan, Yongxin Ren, Nan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11434444
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a process for upgrading lignite comprising: prior to production pre-assess the calorific value of the coal, by selecting a relational expression between a calorific value of lignite and a degree of metamorphism, a moisture content and an ash content thereof based on a ratio of the ash content to the moisture content, pre-assess the calorific value of the coal; combining a relational expression between a production cost and the ash content and moisture content to make a cost budget; determining degrees of deashing and drying; selecting and implementing a lignite ash reduction pretreatment process; and implementing dry sorting first and then drying. The upgrading process has high sorting efficiency, high drying efficiency and low production cost, and meets the requirement for the surface moisture of the raw coal in the dry sorting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Bo Zhang, Yuemin Zhao, Yadong Zhang, Guanghui Yan, Zhenfu Luo, Chenlong Duan, Liang Dong, Enhui Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220258176
    Abstract: An intelligent control method for a dry dense medium fluidized bed separator includes supplying air to fluidize a bed; estimating an initial bed density according to a washability curve of a raw coal; detecting a magnetic material content in the bed to obtain a real-time bed density, and adjusting the real-time bed density according to a result from an analysis on a deviation from the initial bed density; during separation, adjusting a medium addition amount and a scraper discharge speed to maintain a stability of a bed height; separating the raw coal in the dry dense medium fluidized bed separator to obtain a clean coal product; and detecting a product ash content of the clean coal product, comparing the product ash content with a target ash content, and if a difference between the product ash content and the target ash content exceeds an expectation, adjusting the initial bed density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Liang DONG, Yuemin ZHAO, Yongxin REN, Guanghui WANG, Wei DAI, Enhui ZHOU, Chenlong DUAN, Yanjiao LI
  • Publication number: 20210292672
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a process for upgrading lignite comprising: prior to production pre-assess the calorific value of the coal, by selecting a relational expression between a calorific value of lignite and a degree of metamorphism, a moisture content and an ash content thereof based on a ratio of the ash content to the moisture content, pre-assess the calorific value of the coal; combining a relational expression between a production cost and the ash content and moisture content to make a cost budget; determining degrees of deashing and drying; selecting and implementing a lignite ash reduction pretreatment process; and implementing dry sorting first and then drying. The upgrading process has high sorting efficiency, high drying efficiency and low production cost, and meets the requirement for the surface moisture of the raw coal in the dry sorting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bo ZHANG, Yuemin ZHAO, Yadong ZHANG, Guanghui YAN, Zhenfu LUO, Chenlong DUAN, Liang DONG, Enhui ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20210276018
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pressurized two-product dense-medium separation process for oil shale, and belongs to the field of oil shale industry, in particular to the processing and utilization of oil shale. This process includes: pre-screening a raw oil shale ore through a 25 mm screen; crushing an oversize product, mixing with an undersize product, and separating by a pressurized two-product dense-medium cyclone; and subjecting an underflow and an overflow of the pressurized two-product dense-medium cyclone to dewatering and medium draining respectively to obtain a concentrate and a tailing. The present disclosure has a simple process flow, high separation efficiency and low energy consumption and can reduce the cost of oil refining and achieve better economic benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: China University of Mining and Technology
    Inventors: Bo Zhang, Chenlong Duan, Enhui Zhou, Guanghui Yan, Zengqiang Chen, Zhenfu Luo, Zhenxing Zhang, Guangqing Zhu