(under the class definition) Processes which include a treatment of the surface of the particles of the charge to reduce or prevent agglomerating or foaming or swelling during distillation.
(1) Note. Searing the surface of the feed particles to inhibit swelling during the carbonizing step is "Treating" within the purview of this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
137, Fluid Handling,
170.1+, for apparatus for controlling the degree of foaming in a gas charged liquid.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, 80, for a process of chemically decomposing a surface portion of a particle by heat.
435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology,
266, for a fermentation process including the step of treating the foam.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting,
113+, for compositions for or subcombination compositions for or breaking of or inhibiting of colloid systems (e.g., foam breaking, emulsion breaking, dispersion inhibiting, suspension settling, gel breaking, smoke suppressing, coagulating, flocculating), when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.
