Preparation of fluid coke briquettes

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING STABLE BRIQUETTES FROM FLUID COKE PARTICLES WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF MOLDING AT ELEVATED PRESSURE AND AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF 50* TO 150*F. THE FLUID COKE PARTICLES WITH A VOLATILE HYDROCARBON SOLVENT AND A CARBONACEOUS BINDER, SAID BINDER CONSISTING OF A CONDENSATE OF THE EFFLUENT FROM A FLUID COKING REACTOR, HAVING A MINMUM BOILING POINT IN THE RANGE OF 950* TO 1200*F., AND HAVING BEEN PREPARED BY CONTACTING A HEAVY HYDROCARBON OIL FEED AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF 850* TO 1200*F. WITH A DENSE, TURBULENT, FLUIDIZED BED OF INERT SOLID PARTICLES IN A COKING ZONE, REMOVING RESULTANT VAPORS TO A FRACTIONATION ZONE AND QUENCHING THE VAPORS TO A TEMPERATURES SUFFICIENT TO CONDENSE THE CONDENSATE BINDER, THE BINDER AND FLUID COKE PARTICLES HAVING FIRST BEEN ADMIXED PRIOR TO THE ADDITION OF THE VOLATILE SOLVENT HEATING THE RESULTING BRIQUETTES TO A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF 300* TO 600*F. TO EXPEL THE SOLVENT AND CALCINING THE THUS TREATED BRIQUETTES AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF 1800* TO 3000*F.