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Flotation of coal with latex emulsions of hydrocarbon animal or vegetable based oil
Assignee: Wyeth Holdings LLC
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Filing: 1980-03-20
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Granted: 1982-07-20
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Expires: 2000-03-20
Abstract
Abstract Employment of a latex emulsion prepared from a hydrocarbon, animal or vegetable based oil with a hydrophobic water-in-oil emulsifier and a hydrophilic surfactant in the froth flotation of coal improves coal recovery without increasing the ash content. The emulsifier employed should have an HLB value of 5.0 or less while the surfactant should have an HLB value of 9.0 or higher.
Inventors
- 👤 Samuel S. Wang
- 👤 Michael J. Scanlon
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 21:20
CPC Classifications
B; B03; B03D; B03D1/00; B03D1/02; B03D1/001; B03D1/004; B03D1/006; B03D1/008; B03D2201/00; B03D2201/02; B03D2201/04; B03D2203/00; B03D2203/02; B03D2203/04; B03D2203/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
In a froth flotation process comprising adding to an aqueous phase containing a coal and its associated ash (1) a frother, (2) a collector, (3) a frothing gas and optionally (4) a modifier and thereafter recovering the coal that is froth floated, the improvement which comprises: adding a latex emulsion as the collector, said latex emulsion consisting essentially of from about 10% to 70% by weight of a hydrocarbon, animal or vegetable based oil, from about 1.0% to 18% by weight of a hydrophobic water-in-oil emulsifier having an HLB value of not greater than 5.0, from about 0.1% to 7% by weight of a hydrophilic surfactant having an HLB value of not less than 9.0 and the remainder constituting water.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
In a froth flotation process comprising adding to an aqueous phase containing a coal and its associated ash (1) a frother, (2) a collector, (3) a frothing gas and optionally (4) a modifier and thereafter recovering the coal that is froth floated, the improvement which comprises: adding a latex emulsion as the collector, said latex emulsion consisting essentially of from about 10% to 70% by weight of a hydrocarbon, animal or vegetable based oil, from about 1.0% to 18% by weight of a hydrophobic water-in-oil emulsifier having an HLB value of not greater than 5.0, from about 0.1% to 7% by weight of a hydrophilic surfactant having an HLB value of not less than 9.0 and the remainder constituting water.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the latex emulsion consists essentially of about 50% to 70% by weight of the hydrocarbon oil, 1.0% to 7% by weight of the hydrophobic emulsifier, 0.1% to 4% by weight of the hydrophilic surfactant and the remainder constituting water.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon oil is a low odor petroleum solvent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrophobic emulsifier is sorbitan mono-oleate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrophilic surfactant is ethoxylated nonylphenol.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrophilic surfactant is dioctylsulfosuccinate.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1989-07-19 | 1990-01-18 | 1990-07-20 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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