A method of producing at least one or more resins is disclosed. The method includes providing an amount of raw coal. The raw coal includes one or more impurities therein. The method also includes beneficiating the amount of raw coal to selectively removing at least a portion of some of the one or more impurities in the raw coal to form beneficiated coal. Additionally, the method includes processing the beneficiated coal to produce an amount of pitch. The method further includes modifying at least some of the pitch to produce the one or more resins. The one or more resins include a selected amount of a remainder of the one or more impurities that were not removed while beneficiating the amount of the raw coal, processing the beneficiated coal, and modifying at least some of the pitch.

A method of producing advanced carbon materials can include providing coal to a processing facility, beneficiating the coal to remove impurities from the coal, processing the beneficiated coal to produce a pitch, and treating the pitch to produce an advanced carbon material such as carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, graphene, carbon fibers, polymers, biomaterials, or other carbon materials.

A method of producing advanced carbon materials can include providing coal to a processing facility, beneficiating the coal to remove impurities from the coal, processing the beneficiated coal to produce a pitch, and treating the pitch to produce an advanced carbon material such as carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, graphene, carbon fibers, polymers, biomaterials, or other carbon materials.

A process for pyrolysis of a mixed plastic stream that contains polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is provided in which the chloride from PVC is removed from an initial melting reactor that heats the mixed plastic stream to a sufficient temperature to produce HCl but at a low enough temperature to avoid production of organochlorides. Chloride is primarily removed in a vapor stream from the initial melting reactor, while additional chloride removal may be removed downstream from the melting reactor by the use of sorbent addition to the pyrolysis reactor and by subsequent adsorbent beds.

A dielectric substrate made from sunflower seed shells has good moldabiltiy and low water adsorption for use in creating antenna or other devices. The dielectric substrate is made by pyrolizing sunflower seed shells or husks and collecting the resulting tar to create the substrate.

A dielectric substrate made from sunflower seed shells has good moldabiltiy and low water adsorption for use in creating antenna or other devices. The dielectric substrate is made by pyrolizing sunflower seed shells or husks and collecting the resulting tar to create the substrate.

A method for preparing a coal, which is used alone or in combination with at least one other coal, or a caking additive as a raw material for coke production. The method includes, before the coal or caking additive is delivered to a coke plant, adjusting a grain size such that the amount of grains with a grain size of 6 mm or more in the coal or caking additive satisfies at least one of a degree of entanglement (a - b)/a of 0.20 or more and a portion having a height a of 30 mm or more is 30% or less by mass. The height a is a height of semicoke adhering to a stirrer, the semicoke formed by heating the coal or caking additive in a container while rotating the stirrer, and the height b is a height of the semicoke on an inner wall of the container.

A method for preparing a coal, which is used alone or in combination with at least one other coal, or a caking additive as a raw material for coke production. The method includes, before the coal or caking additive is delivered to a coke plant, adjusting a grain size such that the amount of grains with a grain size of 6 mm or more in the coal or caking additive satisfies at least one of a degree of entanglement (a - b)/a of 0.20 or more and a portion having a height a of 30 mm or more is 30% or less by mass. The height a is a height of semicoke adhering to a stirrer, the semicoke formed by heating the coal or caking additive in a container while rotating the stirrer, and the height b is a height of the semicoke on an inner wall of the container.

High-quality graphite/needle grade coke is produced with reduced impurity levels and improved coefficient of thermal expansion using an integrated hydrotreatment, catalytic cracking and coking reaction sections, employing a combination of highly paraffinic hydrotreated VGO stream and aromatic CLO stream, which is thereafter processed in a delayed coking section.

High-quality graphite/needle grade coke is produced with reduced impurity levels and improved coefficient of thermal expansion using an integrated hydrotreatment, catalytic cracking and coking reaction sections, employing a combination of highly paraffinic hydrotreated VGO stream and aromatic CLO stream, which is thereafter processed in a delayed coking section.