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Advanced physical fine coal cleaning microbubble flotation. Topical report No. 1. GHH-Bergbau Forschung microbubble coal flotation machine

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6456885

In conventional coal flotation, it is usual to use mechanically agitated cells. The agitator generates the air bubbles, mixes the slurry and air bubbles to bring about ''bubble-particle'' collisions. The average bubble size ranges between 500 and 1000 micrometers in diameter. Conventional flotation suffers from the following disadvantages: poor recovery with fine particles below 140 mesh due to inadequate bubble-particle encounter, or poor collision efficiency; comtamination of concentrates due to physical entrapment of ash particles in the froth; and loss of yield due to coal dropping off from the bubbles due to the agitated environment in the cell. The GHH-Bergbau Forschung (GHH-BF) microbubble flotation unit addresses the above noted drawbacks of conventional flotation and more effecitvely than other microbubble flotation systems. The innovations introduced by the GHH-BF unit in coal flotation, which are particularly relevant to the production of ultra clean coal, are briefly discussed. 1 ref., 1 fig.

Research Organization:
Bechtel National, Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC22-85PC81205
OSTI ID:
6456885
Report Number(s):
DOE/PC/81205-T1; ON: DE86004157
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English