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Stabilizer for mixture fuels
Assignee: Kao Corp
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Filing: 1979-10-09
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Granted: 1981-02-24
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Expires: 1999-10-09
Abstract
Abstract A stabilizer for mixture fuels of finely divided coal and fuel oil comprises as an active ingredient a non-ionic surface active agent consisting of a block copolymer represented by the following general formula (I): R.sup.1 O--(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.l --(C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.m --(C.sub.2 H 4 O) n --R 2 (I) wherein R 1 and R 2 stand for a hydrogen atom or an alkly group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, the mole number (l+n) of added ethylene oxide is in the range of from 30 to 300, the mole number (m) of added propylene oxide is in the range of from 15 to 80, and the content of ethylene oxide in the whole molecule is 40 to 85% by weight.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaaki Yamamura
- 👤 Noboru Moriyama
- 👤 Masayuki Abe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10L; C10L1/00; C10L1/32; C10L1/322; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S516/00; Y10S516/01
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A method for stabilizing a mixture of finely divided coal and fuel oil, which comprises the step of blending in said mixture an effective stabilizing amount of non-ionic surface active agent consisting of a block copolymer of the formula (I): R.sup.1 O--(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.l --(C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.m --(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.n --R.sup.2 (I) wherein R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, the mole number (l+n) of added ethylene oxide is in the range of from 30 to 300, the mole number (m) of added propylene oxide is in the range of from 15 to 80, and the content of ethylene oxide in the molecule is 40 to 85% by weight.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
117 words
A method for stabilizing a mixture of finely divided coal and fuel oil, which comprises the step of blending in said mixture an effective stabilizing amount of non-ionic surface active agent consisting of a block copolymer of the formula (I): R.sup.1 O--(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.l --(C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.m --(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.n --R.sup.2 (I) wherein R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, the mole number (l+n) of added ethylene oxide is in the range of from 30 to 300, the mole number (m) of added propylene oxide is in the range of from 15 to 80, and the content of ethylene oxide in the molecule is 40 to 85% by weight.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein in the formula (I), the content of ethylene oxide in the molecule is 45 to 80% by weight, the mole number (l+n) is in the range of from 50 to 200 and the mole number (m) is in the range of from 15 to 50.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 or claim 3, in which said nonionic surface active agent is added in an amount of 0.01 to 1.0% by weight, based the weight of said mixture.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method as claimed in claim 4, in which said mixture consists essentially of 20 to 70% by weight of coal and 80 to 30% by weight of fuel oil.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, which comprises the steps of first adding the coal to the fuel oil, then mixing and pulverizing the mixture, then adding said agent to the mixture and further mixing the resulting mixture.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A stabilized mixture of finely divided coal and fuel oil prepared by the method of claim 1.
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