US Patent Issued to China University of Mining and Technology on March 18 for "Fluidized coal mining method utilizing self-energy storage of coal seam" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,972, issued on March 18, was assigned to China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou, China).

"Fluidized coal mining method utilizing self-energy storage of coal seam" was invented by Chaolin Zhang (Xuzhou, China), Enyuan Wang (Xuzhou, China), Xiaofei Liu (Xuzhou, China), Zhonghui Li (Xuzhou, China), Qiaozhen Jiang (Xuzhou, China), Mingliang Liu (Xuzhou, China), Peizhong Wang (Xuzhou, China) and Wei Zeng (Xuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluidized coal mining method utilizing self-energy storage of a coal seam is provided, and includes developing a mine roadway, uncovering coal actively, mining coal in fluidizati...