Process for burning coal in a pulverized fuel burner

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR BURNING COAL INA PULVERIZED FUEL BURNER COMPRISING CONDUCTING A COAL-LIQUID MIXTURE IN THE FORM OF A SLURRY CONTAINING COAL HAVING A SPECTRUM OF PARTICLE SIZES AND HAVING A PREDETERMINED COAL-TO-LIQUID WEIGHT RATIO TO A SEPARATING MEANS, SEPARATING SAID COAL-LIQUID MIXTURE INTO FIRST AND SECOND COMPONENTS, SAID FIRST COMPONENT CONTAINING LARGE SIZED COAL PARTICLES AND HAVING A COAL-TO-LIQUID WEIGHT RATIO GREATER THAN SAID PREDETERMINED RATIO, SAID SECOND COMPONENT CONTAINING SMALL SIZED COAL PATICLES AND HAVING A COAL-TO-LIQUID WEIGHT RATIO LESS THAN SAID PREDETERMINED RATIO, CONDUCTING SAID FIRST COMPONENT TO A PULVERIZING MEANS AND PULVERIZING SAID LARGE SIZED COOL PATICLES TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF SAID LARGE SIZED COAL PARTICLES, CONDUCTING SAID SECOND COMPONENT TO SAID PULVERIZED FUEL BURNER, CONDUCTING THE PULVERIZED PARTICLES OF SAID FIRST COMPONENT FROM SAID PULVERIZING MEANS TO SAID PULVERIZED FUEL BURNER, AND BURNING SAID SECOND COMPONENT AND SAID PULVERIZED PARTICLES OF SAID FIRST COMPONENT IN SAID PULVERIZED FUEL BURNER.