Coated particulate and shaped fuels and methods for making and using same

A method for making a burnable fuel comprising:

• providing a first input material;
• sizing the first input material to form a particulate material, and
• shaping a particulate burnable fuel including an uncoated particulate burnable fuel, a coated particulate burnable fuel or a mixture of an uncoated particulate burnable fuel and a coated particulate burnable fuel to form a shaped burnable fuel,
• coating the shaped burnable fuel with a shape coating material to form a coated shaped burnable fuel, and
• where the fuel is suitable for use in cement plants, power plants, municipal incinerators for steam generations, or any other facility that burns fuels and converts heat derived from the burning of the fuel into a usable form of energy or for use of the heat and/or ash to make an end product.

A system for making a burnable fuel comprising:

• a supply subsystem, where a first input material is produced from one source material or a plurality of source materials,
• a sizing subsystem, where the first input material is sized or sized and partially or completely homogenized to form a particulate material having a desired particle size distribution, and
• a shaping subsystem, where a particulate burnable fuel including an uncoated particulate burnable fuel, a coated particulate burnable fuel, or a mixture of an uncoated particulate burnable fuel and a coated particulate burnable fuel is shaped to form a shaped burnable fuel having a desired surface covering and a desired coating thickness, and
• a shape coating subsystem, where the shaped burnable fuel is coated with a shape coating material to form a coated shaped burnable fuel,
• where the coated shaped burnable fuel is adapted for use as a fuel or fuel component in cement plants, power plants, municipal incinerators for steam generation, or any other facility that burns fuels and converts heat derived from the burning of the fuel into a usable form of energy or for use of the heat and/or ash to make an end product.

A burnable fuel composition comprising:

• from 0% to 100% of a particulate burnable fuel including coated particulate burnable fuels or a mixture of uncoated and coated burnable fuels,
• from 0% to 100% of a shaped burnable fuel including coated shaped burnable fuels or a mixture of uncoated and coated shaped burnable fuels,
• from 0% to 100% of a containerized particulate burnable fuel comprising a particulate burnable fuel including coated particulate burnable fuels or a mixture of uncoated and coated particulate burnable fuels, and
• from 0% to 100% of containerized shaped burnable fuel comprising a shaped burnable fuel including coated shaped burnable fuels or a mixture of uncoated and coated shaped burnable fuels.