Patent ID: 9701920
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: C10J,C10L

Claim:
1. A fuel or gasification feedstock comprising a colloidal slurry of petroleum coke in water, the slurry comprising: a first colloidal fraction of petroleum coke particles dispersed in water, the petroleum coke particles comprising about 50 to about 80 weight percent of the slurry, the water comprising about 50 to about 20 weight percent of the slurry, wherein at least ten percent of the petroleum coke particles have a particle size of about one micron or less, and wherein the first colloidal fraction of petroleum coke particles comprises a first plurality of petroleum coke particles having a particle size of about 100 nm to about 1 micron with an average particle size of about 200 nm to about 300 nm, and a second plurality of petroleum coke particles having a particle size of greater than 1 micron to about 2 microns.