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EP 0 124 907 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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11.06.1986 Bulletin 1986/24 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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14.11.1984 Bulletin 1984/46 |
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Date of filing: 08.05.1984 |
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DE FR GB IT |
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Priority: |
10.05.1983 JP 8011683 14.03.1984 JP 4711084
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Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO. LTD. |
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Inventors: |
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- Hamada, Mitsunori
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- Tsunenari, Shigeru
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- Kamada, Noboru
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A method of drying coal |
(57) Coal is dried, with a computerized moisture control, by the heat recovered from coke
oven gas in a heat recovery unit installed in the collection gas transfer line via
a heat transfer fluid, circulating in the unit which exchanges heat with the coke
oven gas in the unit and vaporizes, becomes compressed by a compressor to a highertemperature
and pressure, flows to an indirectly-heated dryer to dry the coal and is recirculated
to the unit.