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Electrostatic beneficiation of coal

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10185246
Dry physical beneficiation of coal has many advantages over wet cleaning methods and post combustion flue gas cleanup processes. The dry beneficiation process is economically competitive and environmentally safe and has the potential of making vast amounts of US coal reserves available for energy generation. While the potential of the electrostatic beneficiation has been studied for many years in laboratories and in pilot plants, a successful full scale electrostatic coal cleaning plant has not been commercially realized yet. In this paper the authors review some of the technical problems that are encountered in this method and suggest possible solutions that may lead toward its full utilization in cleaning coal.
Research Organization:
Arkansas Univ., Little Rock, AR (United States). Dept. of Electronics and Instrumentation
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG22-93PC93203
OSTI ID:
10185246
Report Number(s):
CONF-940780--6; ON: DE95000600; BR: AA1525050
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English