{"id":1546,"date":"2020-07-08T14:41:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T18:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutheme.local\/ips\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:44:32","slug":"polymer-coated-coal-fines-and-methods-for-the-production-thereof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/ips\/2020\/polymer-coated-coal-fines-and-methods-for-the-production-thereof\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer-Coated Coal Fines, and Methods for the Production Thereof"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Polymer-Coated Coal Fines, and Methods for the Production Thereof\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Provided herein are compositions of coal fines or other carbonaceous material coated with a polymer, the polymer being a product of hydrothermal polymerization of a biomass. Methods for the production thereof, as well as apparatus for the production thereof, are also provided. Methods for reducing ash in coal fines and other carbonaceous materials are also provided. Such methods may include heating under pressure a catalyst solution containing coal fines and\/or carbonaceous material, and a biomass containing saccharides, to form a hydrothermal polymer-coal composite which may be made into hard pellets. In some examples, the hydrothermal polymer may be made of green carbon from the carbon cycle, rather than fossil carbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US Provisional Application number:&nbsp;US62\/935,999 (filed Nov. 15, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inventor(s):&nbsp;McRae, Glenn A; Mackintosh, Alexis F; Basu, Onita D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/ips\/people\/theresa-white\/\">Theresa White<\/a> for further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provided herein are compositions of coal fines or other carbonaceous material coated with a polymer, the polymer being a product of hydrothermal polymerization of a biomass. Methods for the production thereof, as well as apparatus for the production thereof, are also provided. 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