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Electrode cokes from deashed bituminous coal (in German)

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6743900

This scheme for producing electrode cokes required a final ash content less than 0.4%. To achieve this goal, flotation of the coal was performed three times to physically remove the ash, before a chemical method was employed. The flotation processes reduced the ash content to 0.8% to 0.9% for bituminous coal from the mining company ''Auguste-Viktoria''. For chemical deashing, 2.8% NaOH was reacted with the coal for 8 minutes at 250/sup 0/ to 260/sup 0/C. The coal-lye suspension was then centrifuged to recover the lye, washed with 5% HCl at 60/sup 0/ to 70/sup 0/C, then water washed, dried, and coked. The chemically deashed coal retained 0.25% to 0.28% ash and the coke contained 0.35% to 0.38% ash. Increasing the NaOH concentration or the reaction time had little influence over the ash content. By using temperatures greater than 260/sup 0/C in the lye deashing, ash content increased, probably due to the incorporation of Na/sub 2/O. For the Auguste-Viktoria coal, it was found that 260/sup 0/C was the most favorable chemical deashing temperature yielding the lowest possible ash content, while retaining the coking properties of the coal as well as rendering a coke with good density, conductivity, and reactivity. This process was also adapable to other coals such as anthracite and sub-bituminous coals, where the main prerequisite was a sufficient degree of preliminary deashing. The density and specific resistance of the cokes were realted to the temperature of the coking oven and it was found that with an oven wall temperature of 1150/sup 0/C (corresponding to a circulating gas temperature of 1250/sup 0/C), good density and conductivity were obtained. The structures of the cokes were favorably enhanced by combining 30% of a coal extract or 20% hard pitch to form mixed cokes. 4 tables, 1 graph

Research Organization:
Corporate Unverified
OSTI ID:
6743900
Report Number(s):
TOM-286-96-104
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
German