Application of electrochemical investigation methods in high sulfur coal flotation
- China Univ. of Mining and Technology (China)
More and more attention has been paid to sulfur dioxide pollution caused by coal burning. It is important that sulfur in coal should be reduced before combustion. Flotation is an important method for the removal of pyrite from high sulfur coal. Many chemicals have been tested as a pyrite depressant. In recent years many tests have been done in the laboratory on the flotation behavior of pyrite, and the results have confirmed that the hydrophobicity of the pyrite surface is dependent on the redox potential of the pulp. The mechanism and the reaction products on the pyrite surface are discussed under various conditions. And pyrite depression in coal flotation by electrochemical control are further studied on the basis of what has been achieved. There are two methods in electrochemical control: chemical reagent and control potential by electrochemical instrument (``control potential`` for short). This paper studies pyrite depression in coal flotation by electrochemical control. The influence of sulfur removal in coal flotation has been probed by chemical reagent and control potential. Experiment shows that at low pulp potential the pyrite flotation is generally suppressed. This is new, efficient and simple method of pyrite depression without environmental pollution. The following main conclusions can be drawn from this study: (1) The control of pulp potential can regulate and lead to electrochemical reaction of the hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity on the pyrite surface; and (2) The characteristics of electrochemical methods are normal atmospheric temperature, simple technological process and strong selection.
- OSTI ID:
- 324844
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970931-; TRN: IM9911%%541
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 14. annual international Pittsburgh coal conference and workshop: clean coal technology and coal utilization, Taiyuan (China), 23-27 Sep 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Fourteenth annual international Pittsburgh coal conference and workshop: Proceedings; PB: [1500] p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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