Application of a perchloroethylene medium in coal cleaning

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · Prepr., Soc. Min. Eng. AIME; (United States)

OSTI ID:5204039

Vivian, T A

The use of heavy media organic solvents to recover coal from its attendant gangue is hardly new. DuPont built a pilot plant using pentachloroethane in 1936 at Weston Coal Company, Weston Breaker, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. That's almost half a century ago. Since that time, it has become common practice to utilize similar classes of chemicals in laboratory separations of coal samples. It is the objective of this paper to discuss some specific separations on both pilot and laboratory scale on samples representing different classifications of coal.

• Research Organization: Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Michigan
• OSTI ID: 5204039
• Journal Information: Prepr., Soc. Min. Eng. AIME; (United States), Vol. 18
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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