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US 4,223,691 AGranted
Additives to improve the pipeline transportation of cold water slurries
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorPaul E. Titus
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of increasing the density of an aqueous liquid in a slurry by forming a solution of the aqueous liquid and saccharide.
Claims7
A method for substantially increasing the density of an aqueous liquid in a slurry with coal particles predominantly varying in particle size from 0.1 mm to 5 mm comprising forming a solution of the aqueous liquid and 20% to 60% w of a saccharide.
A pipeline transportable slurry comprising coal particles predominately varying in particle size from 0.01 mm to 5 mm in a solution with water and 20% to 60% w of a saccharide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.