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EP 0 277 017 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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25.01.1989 Bulletin 1989/04 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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03.08.1988 Bulletin 1988/31 |
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Date of filing: 28.01.1988 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)4: C10L 9/10 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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BE DE ES FR GB IT NL SE |
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Priority: |
30.01.1987 GB 8702052
20.07.1987 GB 8717093
13.08.1987 GB 8719215
13.08.1987 GB 8719216
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Applicant: ALLIED COLLOIDS LIMITED |
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Bradford,
West Yorkshire BD12 0JZ (GB) |
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Inventors: |
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- Farrar, David
Bradford
West Yorksire (GB)
- Flesher, Peter
Bingley
West Yorksire (GB)
- Happs, Clive
Silsden
Nr. Keighley, BD20 0QS (GB)
- Shuttlewoth, Doug
Huddersfield, HD7 2XS (GB)
- Skinner, Malcolm
Bradford
West Yorkshire (GB)
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Representative: Lawrence, Peter Robin Broughton et al |
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GILL JENNINGS & EVERY,
Broadgate House,
7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB) |
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Coal compositions and their production |
(57) A combustible friable fuel, e.g., for a power station boiler, is made by appropriate
mixing of absorbent polymeric particles into a sticky coal fines filter cake. The
friable fuel can be blended with coal smalls and then pulverised. The polymer is a
cross linked, ionic, synthetic polymer.