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(11) EP 0 124 907 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.06.1986 Bulletin 1986/24

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.11.1984 Bulletin 1984/46

(21) Application number: 84105218

(22) Date of filing: 08.05.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 10.05.1983 JP 8011683
14.03.1984 JP 4711084

(71) Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO. LTD.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Hamada, Mitsunori
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  • Tsunenari, Shigeru
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  • Kamada, Noboru
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(54) 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.





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