Hydrocarbon-oil encapsulate bubble flotation of fine coal. Technical progress report for the eighth quarter, July 1, 1992--September 30, 1992
A portion of this reporting period has been consumed in the following tasks: (1) development of air-water-frother sparging system using an assemble of two sets of atomizers; (2) conducting the column flotation tests followed 2{sup 6} {times} 1/4 fractional factorial design; (3) to develop a collector gasifier system for formation of hydrocarbon-oil encapsulated bubbles. To effectively remove sulfur and mineral matters from coal, the coal particles must be ground to minus 75 {mu}m (minus 200 U.S. sieve) or less to liberate the pyrite and mineral matters from the coal matrix. As reported in a previous report (Fifth Quarterly report), in order to effectively reduce ash content in fine clean coal products using a 3-in. flotation column, the height of the column must be increased to increase the depth of the frother and the residence time of coal particles in the flotation column. In this study, a series of column flotation tests were conducted on freshly ground minus 75 {mu}m Upper Freeport seam coal. The flotation column is equipped with froth washing device as well as two sets of atomizers for sparging the air-water and frother mixture. The operation of column flotation involves the multiplicity of control variables. Thus, three phases of work plan were used to minimize the number of tests. In this report, the results of column flotation tests obtained in the third phase of the experiment work are reported. The column flotation is capable of achieving 90 percent or more of combustible recovery and 70 percent or more of ash rejection from the raw coal contained 20 percent or greater ash content. The main objectives of this reporting period are: (1) to establish a test procedure, and to determine the optimal height of flotation column and operating conditions for cleaning minus 75 {mu}m Upper Freeport seam coal, and (2) to extend the test procedure and the operating conditions established to clean various seam coals using a hydrocarbon-oil encapsulated bubble flotation.
- Research Organization:
- West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG22-90PC90314
- OSTI ID:
- 10109972
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/PC/90314-T4; ON: DE95005506; TRN: 95:001394
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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