Development of an advanced process for drying fine coal in an inclined fluidized bed: Technical progress report for the second quarter, January 19--March 31, 1989

Technical Report · Mon May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6089545· OSTI ID:6089545

Boysen, J. E.; Cha, C. Y.; Berggren, M. H.; Jha, M. C.

This research project is for the development of a technically and economically feasible process for drying and stabilizing of fine particles of high-moisture subbituminous coal. Research activities were initiated with efforts concentrating on characterization of the two feed coals: Eagle Butte coal from AMAX Coal Company's mine located in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming; and coal from Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc.'s mine located in central Alaska. Both of the feed coals are high-moisture subbituminous coals with ''as received'' moisture contents of 29% and 22% for the Eagle Butte and Usibelli coals, respectively. However, physical analyses of the crushed coal samples (--28-mesh particle size range) indicate many differences. The minimum fluidization velocity (MFV) of the feed coals were experimentally determined. The MFV for --28-mesh Eagle Butte coal is approximately 1 ft/min, and the MFV for --28-mesh Usibelli coal is approximately 3 ft/min. 2 refs., 16 figs., 3 tabs.

• Research Organization: Western Research Inst., Laramie, WY (USA); AMAX Research and Development Center, Golden, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-88PC88886
• OSTI ID: 6089545
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/88886-T2; ON: DE89013514
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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