Abstract:
Citrus fruit peels and pulp are treated by coking in the aqueous phase in the absence of air or oxygen followed by heating of the resulting coke to give water insoluble essential oils such as orange oils. A carrier gas such as nitrogen preferably is used to entrain the hydrocarbons evolved by heating the coke.
Abstract:
In the coking of spent ammonia and low pH sodium base sulfite wood pulping liquors in the liquid phase under pressure, gel-type coke formation is avoided by rapid heating to the coking temperature. Such rapid heating can be accomplished by the use of a metal bath having high heat transfer capacity, by using high pressure-high temperature steam injection or by means of a fluidized bed combustion system. The heating rate used is one of about 110* to about 150*F. per minute in the temperature interval of about 350* to about 550*F.
Abstract:
In the hydrogenation of residue-containing hydrocarbon oils, coke formation is suppressed by predissolving hydrogen in the oil at a temperature below 700* F. and carrying out the hydrogenation at a temperature above 700* F.
Abstract:
Coke is made from wastes such as fruit and vegetable peels, sawdust, straw, newsprint and whey liquid by decarboxylating and carbonizing these materials in the liquid aqueous phase under pressure. The coke produced is light and fluffy, easy to ignite and has a sulfur content below 0.5 percent by weight, a density of about 1.3 percent, a hydrogen content of at least 4.9 percent weight percent, a high-oxygen content, and a surface area ranging from 8 to 26 sq. meters per gram. These properties make the coke particularly useful in the manufacture of charcoal briquets, as fuel for orchard heating and wherever it is desired to avoid air pollution.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AQUEOUS BIOLOGICAL WASTES AND/OR OTHER LIQUIDS CONTAINING POLLUTIONAL MATERIALS TO PRODUCE AN EFFLUENT HAVING A LOW COD (BOD) AND A SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED CONCENTRATION OF SOLBULE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS WHEREIN A WASTE WATER STREAM IS FED TO A COKING ZONE AND HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF 400 TO 700*F. UNDER SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO PREVENT THE VAPORIZATION OF WATER TO FORM COKE, CARBON DIOXIDE, AND LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT OXYGENATED, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS WHICH ARE SEPARATED FROM THE TREATED SEWAGE AQUEOUS EFFLUENT; THIS EFFLUENT IS OXIDIZED WITH AIR AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE ABOUT 450*F. UNDER SUFFICIENT PRESCARBON DIOXIDE OR THE OXYGENATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OR BOTH ARE INTRODUCED AT SELECTED POINTS IN THE WASTE WATER STREAM TO STIMULATE THE GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS WHICH CONSUME SOLUBLE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS, WHICH MICOORGANISMS ARE THEN SENT ON TO THE COKING ZONE FOR COKING. BY THUS STIMULATING BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES WHICH CONSUME NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS THERE IS PRODUCED AN EFFLUENT WHICH CAN BE DISCHARGED INTO BODIES OF WATER WITHOUT CAUSING EUTROPHICATION OF THE WATERS.
Abstract:
PROCESS FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF WAST LIQUORS FROM PULT AND PAPER MILLS WHEREIN WASTE LIQUOR IS HEATED BY DIRECT CONTACT WITH HOT HYDROCARBON LIQUID TO A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF 400 TO 700*F. UNDER SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO PREVENT VAPORIZATION OF WATER THEREBY CONVERTING WATER SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATERIAL TO A WATER INSOLUBLE SOLID PRODUCT, OR COKE, WHICH IS SEPARATED FROM TREATED AQUEOUS LIQUID EFFLUENT OF LOW CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD) SUITABLE FOR REUSE IN THE PRODUCTION OF COOKING LIQUOR FOR THE PULPING PROCESS OR DISPOSAL IN LAKES OR STREAMS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT WATER POLLUTION.