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Title: Engineering development of advanced physical fine coal cleaning technologies - froth flotation. Quarterly technical progress report No. 22, January 1, 1994--March 31, 1994

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:10117568

A study conducted by Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center of sulfur emissions from about 1,300 United States coal-fired utility boilers indicated that half of the emissions were the result of burning coals having greater than 1.2 pounds of SO{sub 2} per million BTU. This was mainly attributed to the high pyritic sulfur content of the boiler fuel. A significant reduction in SO{sub 2} emissions could be accomplished by removing the pyrite from the coals by advanced physical fine coal cleaning. An engineering development project was prepared to build upon the basic research effort conducted under a solicitation for research into Fine Coal Surface Control. The engineering development project is intended to use general plant design knowledge and conceptualize a plant to utilize advanced froth flotation technology to process coal and produce a product having maximum practical pyritic sulfur reduction consistent with maximum practical BTU recovery.

Research Organization:
Kaiser Engineers, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC22-88PC88881
OSTI ID:
10117568
Report Number(s):
DOE/PC/88881-T23; ON: DE95006661; TRN: 95:001781
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1995]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English