MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517058419 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation; and Kyushu University, National University Corporation, Tokyo, on June 18, for 'method for producing agglomerates mainly composed of carbon.'
Inventor(s) include Dohi Yusuke; Igawa Daisuke; Arakawa Sara; Takehara Kenta; Kawai Yuya; Takashima Takanori; Yamamoto Tetsuya; Shimoyama Izumi; Hayashi Jun-Ichiro; Kudo Shinji; and Asano Shusaku.
The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a method for producing an agglomerate which has carbon as a principal component thereof, has high density and high strength, and is produced from a carbon-containing material having a high concentration of coal or a coal derivative and poor caking properties. This method for producing an agglomerate having carbon as a principal component thereof involves: a pulverization step for obtaining coal dust having a maximum particle diameter of 300 m or less by pulverizing coal in an amount greater than or equal to 1 mass% and less than 20 mass% with volatile matter as a dry basis; and a hot-pressing step for obtaining an agglomerate by pressure-molding the coal dust at a temperature included in the temperature range of 600-1250 C, inclusive, in an oxygen-less environment."
The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 06, 2023, under International application No.PCT/JP2023/043724.
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