CARBON FUELS

COAL-DERIVED FUEL SYSTEMS AND FUEL COMPOSITIONS CONSISTING OF PARTICULATE COAL CHAR WHICH IS PELLETIZED WITH HYDROCARBON LIQUID AND BINDERS TO FORM A SOLID FUEL OR IS SLURRLED IN HYDROCARBON LIQUIDS AND/OR AQUEOUS LIQUIDS, WHICH SYSTEMS MAY BE SEPARATED TO YIELD A SOLID PARTICULATE CHAR PORTION AND A LIQUID PORTION, BOTH OF WHICH PORTIONS CAN BE USED AS A FUEL IN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMBUSTION DEVICES; THE LIQUID PORTION CAN BE USED AS A REFINERY FEEDSTOCK OR IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICALS