Definition: Patent fuels (Code 2112)

Category: Energy

Patent fuels are a composition of fuel manufactured from hard coal fines with the addition of a binding agent. The amount of patent fuel produced may, therefore, be slightly higher than the actual amount of coal consumed in the transformation process.
Source:
Joint International Energy Agency/Eurostat/United Nations Economic Commission for Europe annual questionnaire on solid fossil fuels and manufactured gases
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