The present invention provides a desulfurization agent mixing system for fuel oil used in harbors, the system including: a fuel oil tank for storing fuel oil; a desulfurization agent tank for storing a desulfurization agent; a line mixer receiving and mixing the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent from the fuel oil tank and the desulfurization agent tank; a droplet atomization unit for forming droplets of a mixture of the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent, the mixture being generated by the line mixer; a magnetization unit for magnetizing the mixture in which the droplets are contained; a vortex reaction unit for turning the mixture of the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent, which is magnetized by the magnetization unit; a gas separation unit configured to separate gas contained in the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent mixture in the vortex reaction unit; a collision emulsion unit configured to cause the mixture of the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent from which the gas is separated by the gas separation unit to collide against a collision target; and an emulsion tank for storing the mixture of the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent, which is collided by the collision emulsion unit.

Some variations provide a process for producing biocarbon pellets, comprising: pyrolyzing a biomass-containing feedstock in a first pyrolysis reactor to generate a first biogenic reagent and a pyrolysis vapor; introducing the pyrolysis vapor to a separation unit, to generate a pyrolysis precipitate in liquid or solid form; contacting the first biogenic reagent with the pyrolysis precipitate, thereby generating an intermediate material; pelletizing the intermediate material, to generate intermediate pellets; optionally, drying the intermediate pellets; separately pyrolyzing the intermediate pellets in a second pyrolysis reactor to generate a second biogenic reagent and a pyrolysis off-gas; and recovering the second biogenic reagent as biocarbon pellets. Some variations provide a similar process that utilizes a carbon-containing condensed-matter material, which is not necessarily a pyrolysis precipitate. The disclosure provides improved processes for producing biocarbon compositions, especially with respect to carbon yield and biocarbon properties, such as reactivity.

An industrial fluid is disclosed. The fluid comprises an oleaginous component, an aqueous component, and a surfactant. Substantially all of the surfactant is bound within micelles of the oleaginous component. This results in there being substantially no unbound surfactant present in the fluid. The industrial fluid is also substantially flee from insoluble defoamers or anti-foam compounds.

An industrial fluid is disclosed. The fluid comprises an oleaginous component, an aqueous component, and a surfactant dispersed in the aqueous component. The average micelle diameter follows a Gaussian distribution having a mean, , and wherein the standard deviation is less than or equal to 0.2. The industrial fluid is also substantially free from defoamers or anti-foam compounds.

A desulfurization process which uses both a suspension bed and a fixed bed is disclosed herein. In particular, the desulfurization slurry is mixed with a hydrogen sulfide containing gas to obtain a first mixture, and the first mixture passed into a suspension bed reactor from bottom to top, while controlling the first mixture to have a dwell time of 5-60 minutes in the reactor. A second mixture obtained by the reaction is subjected to gas liquid separation to produce a gas phase, and the gas phase is feed into a fixed bed reactor for a second desulfurization which produces purified gas. Advantageously, sulfur content in the hydrogen sulfide containing gas may be reduced from 2.4-140 g/Nm3 to 50 ppm or less by using a suspension bed, and the sulfur content may be even further reduced to less than 10 ppm in conjunction with a fixed bed.

A process of making a fuel product from spent grain from a beer brewing process. In the brewing process, the grain is pulverized to a particle size whose mean particle size is approximately 0.25 mm to 0.6 mm with less than 1% greater than 2 mm. After the brewing sugars are extracted from the grain, the spent grain is pressed against a filter to reduce moisture below sixty-five percent (65%), and then the grain is dried to further reduce its moisture to less than ten percent (10%). The dried spent grain, after the aforementioned processing, is fed into a combustion chamber for a steam boiler that is used for beer brewing, and the spent grain is separated during combustion by agitation such as spraying of the grain in the combustion chamber.

An industrial fluid is disclosed. The fluid comprises an oleaginous component, an aqueous component, and a surfactant dispersed in the aqueous component. The industrial fluid does not contain defoamers or anti-foam compounds. The surfactant is bound within micelles of the oleaginous component and the aqueous component.

Provided is a method that produces a solid fuel having a relatively high strength from a powder fuel. The method includes: blending a coal-derived powder fuel with a pulverized fuel having a greater mean particle diameter than the coal-derived powder fuel to obtain a mixture; compression-molding the mixture to obtain a solid fuel; and pulverizing a part of the solid fuel, in which the part of the pulverized solid fuel is used as the pulverized fuel in the blending. A blending proportion of the pulverized fuel with respect to the blending mixture is preferably at least 5 mass % and at most 50 mass %. A cohesive fine coal having a superior cohesive property to the coal-derived powder fuel is preferably further blended in the blending. A blending proportion of the cohesive fine coal with respect to the blending mixture is preferably at least 5 mass % and at most 30 mass %.

Methods, apparatuses, and systems to collect fine particle coal are provided herein. For example, these methods, apparatuses, and systems may be incorporated into a coal processing plant to collect a portion of the fine particle coal that is normally lost in the system. A fine particle coal also is provided. The fine particle coal may have a particle size of 1000 m or smaller and a water content of from about 5% to about 20%, by weight.

Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems are described that can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, to produce ethanol and/or butanol, e.g., by fermentation.