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Flotation machine and process for removing impurities from coals

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OSTI ID:441862
The present invention is directed to a type of flotation machine that combines three separate operations in a single unit. The flotation machine is a hydraulic separator that is capable of reducing the pyrite and other mineral matter content of a coal. When the hydraulic separator is used with a flotation system, the pyrite and certain other minerals particles that may have been entrained by hydrodynamic forces associated with conventional flotation machines and/or by the attachment forces associated with the formation of microagglomerates are washed and separated from the coal. 4 figs.
Research Organization:
Electric Power Research Institute
DOE Contract Number:
FG22-87PC79865
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Inst., Inc., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,601,703/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-567,191
OSTI ID:
441862
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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