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Effective Utilization of Coal Processing Waste: Separation of Low Ash Clean Coal from Washery Rejects by Hydrothermal Treatment.
- Source :
- Mineral Processing & Extractive Metallurgy Review; Mar 2022, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p165-181, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Handling and disposal of high volume of fine coal tailings is a biggest challenge for coal washeries. Separation of clean coal by density separation and flotation shows limited yields of 23–28% and 13–14% respectively. Chemical leaching process has a challenge with the formation of insoluble salts. The present investigation aimed to separate clean coal by a combination of chemical-physical separation technique, i.e. alkaline hydrothermal process followed by density separation. Hydrothermal extraction of humic substance causes dissociation of coal aggregated structure (Mineral-Maceral-Pore structure), thus improves the separation. Experiments performed as per design of experiments and reduced design of experiments, where 100 µ particle size, 50% (w/w) pulp density, 4.5% KOH (w/w), and 140°C reaction temperature found to be optimum, at which 16.2% ash clean coal at 40.7% yield and humic acid by-product at 18.3% yield were obtained. Use of swelling agent such as tetrahydrofuran shown negative impact on clean coal recovery. Material balance and cost data were presented to show the techno-commercial viability of this technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COAL ash
COAL mine waste
CLEAN coal technologies
HUMUS
CHEMICAL processes
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08827508
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Mineral Processing & Extractive Metallurgy Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155030531
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08827508.2020.1833196