Wet oil-water emulsion pelleting of carbon black

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PELLETING AND INCORPORATING AN EXTENDER OIL IN FLOCCULENT CARBON BLACK WHICH PELLTS MOST EFFICIENTLY WITH AN OPTIMUM WATER-OIL EMULSION CONTENT IN THE RANGE OF 40 TO 56 WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE TOAL MIXTURE, WHICH COMPRISES ESTABLISHING THE OPTIMUM WATER-OIL EMULSION CONTENT FOR MOST EFFICIENTLY PELLETING SAID BLACK WITH A GIVEN OIL CONTENT IN THE RANGE OF 1 TO 90 WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE EMULSION BY SUBJECTING SAID BLACK TO PELLETING AGITATION IN ADMIXTURE WITH DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF SAID WATER-OIL EMULSION IN THE RANGE OF 40 TO 56 WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE BLACK-EMULSION MIXTURE TO ASCERTAIN THE EMULSION CONTENT WHICH EFFECTS THE MOST RAPID PELLETING OF SAID BLACK; THERAFTER PELLETING SAID BLACK BY MIXING THEREWITH AN AMOUNT OF WATER-OIL EMULSION WITHIN 2.5 WEIGHT PERCENT OF SAID OPTIMUM CONTENT AND AGIATING THE MIXTURE TO FORM APPARENTLY DRY PELLETS OF UNIFORM OIL CONTENT, THE OIL IN SAID EMULSION BEING IN THE RANGE OF 1 TO 90 WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE EMULSION; AND REMOVING SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE WATER FROM THE RESULTING PELLETS BY HEATING SAME TO A TEMPERATURE ABOVE 212*F.