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COAL
CLEANING BY
DENSE MEDIUM
PROCESSES
with pa r t i c u l a r re fe rence to
the
new
Tr i -F lo development
H. J . R u f f - Direc to r
Inpromin - Southampton UK)
and
Genova ( I t a l y
Conference
I n t r oduc t i on
to
Coal Prepara t ion
Sweden 22 .2 .83 .
1. In t roduc t ion
~ INPROMIN
TFS-I-22
Dense medium separa t ion i s one of a
number
o f
t e chn iques
ava i l ab l e
fo r coa l
c lean ing . By way
of in t roduc ing t h i s
s ub je c t
it
i s perhaps use fu l to b r i e f l y d iscus s coa l
c l ean ing
in g e n e ra l
and
why coa l needs to be cleaned a t all
There a re
a
number
of reasons which
con t r i bu t e to t h i s
mechani sa t ion
of mining
the
mining
of poorer
seams
the need
fo r e f f i c i e n t
u t i l i s a t i o n
and
gre a t e r concern wi th the environment
In former t imes coa l
- l i ke
o the r minera ls
-
was mined
manual ly
and
se l e c t i ve l y
and
loaded
by
hand.
Not
su rp r i s i ng l y ,
the
coa l was gene ra l ly c lean
-
the re
was no
payment
fo r
d i r t
-
-
and
conta ined- f-e-
w-f-i-nes.
Prepara t ion cons is ted of hand pick ing and sc reen ing .
With mechani sa t ion a l l t h i s has changed a gre a t de a l . Today
coal
from
a
long
wal l face i s
l i k e l y to con ta in more
than 50
of m a te r i a l
sma l l e r
than 12 mm,
0.5 mm.
lTJd 15 to 2 0 ~ f i ne r than
Because machines
cannot
r e l i a b l y
d i f f e r e n t i a t e
between
coa l
and s tone - even with nucleonic senso rs , 4 0 5 0 ~ of
the
Run-of -
Mine
produced
by a
modern mechanised deep mine i s l i k e l y
to be
high ash r e fuse .
Whether the coa l i s
used
as chemica l feed s tock , fo r the
manufacture
of
coke
or
for hea t ing , modern processes demand
cons i s
t en t input to main ta in
e f f i c i e n t
ope ra t ion
and
minimum
po l l u t i on .
Coal Prepa ra t ion provides
the v i t a l
l i nk between produc t ion
and u s e ~
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2.
Coal
Impurit ies and Methods of
Cleaning
Dirt associated with
the
coal varies widely. Some d i r t
is within the seam
from
the way t
was formed
or through
igneous
intrusions or t
may
come
from
the roof
above the
seam
or
the
f loor
oelow
or
ar ise
from
faul t ing.
Inherent di r t and organic sulphur
cannot -
be
removed by
conventional
preparation processes.
On
the other hand the
d i r t
from outside
the
seam proper and the
d i r t
ar is ing from
faul t ing and intrusions
can
be
removed more
or l ess
e f f e o ~ -
-
ively
with
proven technology.
The
impurit ies
may consis t of carbonaceous shales sand
stone clays pyri tes
etc .
They
are
heavier
than
olean
coal
and can therefore be tackled
by gravity
processes. Only
the f ines t
-
s izes are t reated
by other
methods in the main
by
froth
f lo ta t ion .
High
gradient magnetic separat ion
i s
one other
process
which
has at t racted
a good
deal
of in te res t these
l a s t
few
years
because i t a y prove a
good
low energy
al ternat ive
system
for
the
removal
of
both
ash
and
sulphur.
But
so
fa r
in sp i te
of much
in te res t
economic resul ts are not yet
cer tain nor
thought
to
be
imminent .
Gravity
processes
are
simple and can
prod
-
uce
a
good
separa t ion-a own
t o
remarkably
small- -
grain
s i z ~ ~ h r n y
-
consis t of
two
main groups. One i s
based
on
flowing
or
pulsat ing
water and
inc1udes
j igs shaking t a b ~ e s cones
and
sp i ra ls
and
wil l
be
described
in
a
l a t e r
p a p e r ~
The
second group
uses a
suspension of f ine sol ids in
water and i s cal led dense
or heavy
medium separat ion D M S
or H M S.
3. Principles of Dense Medium Separation
ow
ash
coal i s usually l igh ter than
1.40 kg/1
and
:
carbonaceous
shale
heavier
than
1.80
kg/1.
Middlings
contain more or less i m ~ u r i t i e s
and
consequently are of
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order to opera te con t inuous ly and
e f f i c i e n t l y ,
Dense
Separa t ion
Systems a re r equ i r ed to
main ta in the
medium
the r i g h t cons i s t ency . and d e n s i t y
in
the face o f con tamin-
from
feed
and
breakage .
Ear ly sys tems
used media co n s i s t i n g
o f s o l u t i o n s o f s a l t
suspe ns i ons
of sand, ba ry te and
s h a l e .
Today,
f i n e l y
magne t i t e
i s
used
because
it
i s
recovered
very e a s i l y ,
i s
ecorwmic
in
use
and high sep
a r a t i n g
dens1 t i e s
can
be
e a s i l y .
Consumption
va r i e s with
the s i z e of the coa l t r e a t e d ,
of
p lan t and ope ra t ion
and
main tenance . In
a
modern
it might con t r ibu te 0 30 0.90 SEK/ton
of coa l
t r e a t e d ,
to 500 1500 g / t o n and the cos t o f
magne t i t e
600 SEK/ton.
A dense medium
plan t
c o n s i s t s of
four
main p a r t s as
3.1 Feed Prepa ra t ion
This
i s
des igned to minimise the f i n e s and contamin-
a t i o n (mainly c l ays
and
wate r )
e n t e r i n g
the dense medium
and thus
f a c i l i t a t e s
the
maintenance o f
s t eady o p e r a t i n g
cond i t ions .
3
;
2
Sep-a-rating
V e s
~ J
This may be s t a t i c or "dynamic" . In s t a t i c s e p a r a t o r s
the sur f ace of the pool i s l e v e l , medium
e n t e r s
the
pool
con t inuous ly
and,
toge the r with the
f l o a t i n g
coa l ,
over f lows
a t o
nP.
s
i de .
The heavy p a r t i c l e s s in k
and
a re
removed from
the
bot tom of
the
pool . hP.y s ink quick ly i they
a re
l a rge
and
heavy
and s lowly
i they
a re
smal l and /or near the
dens i ty of s e p a ra t i o n .
In order
to
acce l e r a t e
the
sepa ra t ion fo r f ine
and
d i f f i c u l t
near g ra v i t y p a r t i c l e s , dynamic
sys tems
were
in t roduced . Here medium and
feed
so l i d s e n t e r cyclones
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Medium Reclaim and Cleaning Circu i t
After separa t ion
the
two o r th ree products
Clean
Ooal,
Middlings
and Shale leave the separa t ing v ~ s l w ~ t h vary
ing
amounts
o f
dense
medium.
In the
grea t major i ty o f
cases these produc ts
pass over
hor izon ta l v ib ra t ing sc reens . On the
f i r s t sec t i on o f
thes
sc reens the
f ree
medium i s drained from the products , and
immediately re turned to
the cor r ec t medium sump fo r r e
c i rcu l a t i on .
Fur ther down the sc reen the produc ts a re washed
by
cur ta ins of water in order to remove
the remaining
adhe r ing
medium
before f i n a l dewater ing.
The
underflow from t h i3
sec t ion of the sc reen i s the
d i l u t e
medium.
This
i s
passed
to
magnetic separa to rs which rec la im the
magnetic magnet i te a t high
densi ty
and r e j ec t the
bulk
o f
the
water and non-magnet ic f ines
and
s l imes
r s ~ l t i n g
from
imperfec t
feed
prepara t.ion
and mate r i a l
degradat ion .
The
recovered
magnet i te
i s
de-magnet ised
by
passing
th rough a
de-magnet is ing
c o i l
and
then
re turned to the sys tem fo r
re -use .
In t h i s connec t ion t should perhaps be r eca l l ed t ha t
eve n
with modern-
- -h
gtd
y ef-f ic ient
wet
d
r-um magne
ti-c:
-
separa tor s , the
consumption of magnet i te o f a
l a rge
c o a l
p lan t wil l
be
s ign i f i can t and proper mechanised systems
have
to
be
provided
for
the
easy
add i t ion
o f make
up
magnet i te .
3.4
Density Control
In modern coal prepara t ion p lan t s the densi ty i s
cont ro l led au tomat ica l ly . Densi ty
can
be measured with
dip
tubes ,
d i f f e r e n t i a l
pressure
pads
or nuclear dens i ty
gauges.
In recent
years
the
l a t t e r ones have become
accepted
widely with
appropr ia te
s t a tu to ry safeguards on
account of t h e i r r e l i a b i l i t y and sa fe ty .
The dens i ty
s igna l
obta ined can be used in a number o f
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Often the c l ean i ng c i r c u i t i s a d jus t e d permanent ly to
c lean and r e t u rn s u f f i c i e n t high de ns i ty
medium
fo r
t he
we t t e s t
and
d i r t i
e
s t fe
e
d . The s igna l can then be used
to
a c t ua t e
a
s imple wate r
va lve
to
d i l u t e
t he
c i r c u l a t i n g
-
medium as r e qu i r e d .
In o the r
p l a n t s
the s igna l i s used
to vary
t he medium
passed
to
the c l ean i ng c i r c u i t ,
as
r e qu i r e d , so as to
mn-m-
i s e the loa
-d
o f
the magnet ic
separ-a
-t-o-
r .
A combina t ion
of these
two sys tems
i s
being
used a t
t he l a t e s t 100
t / h
T r i -F lo
p l a n t eng inee red by
Inpromin
fo r
a
Mining o m p a ~ y
in
Greece.
Some coa l pre pa ra t i on
p l a n t s have a se pa ra t e ove rdense
c
i r c u l a t i n g
c i r c
u i t
which
can prov ide
a va r i a b l e
bleed to
t he c o r r e c t
medium c i
r c u i t .
4. Types o f Den
s e
Medium P la n t
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4.1
S t a t i c
S e pa ra to r s
The e a r l i e s t dense medium s e p a r a t o r s
c ons i s t e d o f
cones .
The feed en te red
the
su r f a c e
o f t he
pool
on
one s id e . Most
o f the medium was
i n t roduced
th rough organ pipes
o f
d i f f e r e n t l eng t hs a long
t he
v e r t i c a l a x i s o f the cone and
over f lowe aw:L
th
E e
f loat ing coa l p a r t i c l e s . The heavy
p a r t i c l e
s
sank to
the
bottom
and were removed by
irlift
o r
th r
oug h
lo
c
ked
c
hambers .
These were fol lowed by
ba ths
"
o f v a r
io
us
othe r
shapes which
mainly
d i f f e r e d in
the
way
s i n
ks
we
re
rem
o
ved
- .
usual ly
by
cha in
s c r a p e r s ,
e l e v a t o r s ,
r ubber be
lt
s ,
lifter
s o r wheels .
Today,
the maj
o r i t y of s t a t i c se pa ra t i ng ve s se l s a r e
r o
t a t i n g
drum s e pa ra t o r s with i n t e r n a l lifters or
s t a t i c
boxes with
r o t a t i n g pe r fo ra t e d wheel s fo r t he removal
o f
the s ink
s .
Tra
nspo r t of the
f l o a t p a r t i c l e s may be simply by t he
over f low o f the medium
or
it
may
be
a s s i s t e d
by
padd le s
or s i m i l a r dev ice s
Go
od
se par
a
t i on can be achieved wi th
s t a t i c
sys tems
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4.2 Dynamic Separators
These were
in t roduced
by
the Dutch
St a t e
Mines fol lowed
l a t e r by the Dyna Whirpool DWP), Vorsyl
and
Tr i -F lo
separa tors .
In a l l
of these
the medium i s in t roduced t angen t i a l l y
in to
a cyl inder
and
separa t ion takes
place
under cen t r i fuga l
force . Dynamic
separa t ion
can be c l a s s i f i e d , depending upon
whether the raw coa l
i s fed i n to the
s ep a r a to r
with the
medium under
high
pressure or
s ep a r a t e ly
a t t m o s p h r i
pressure .
A pressur ised feed i s requi red with cyclones
and
the
Vorsyl separa tor
of the Br i t i sh Nat iona l Coal
Board.
t
i s
obtained
e i t h e r by
pass ing
the
coa l
with
the
medium
through
the pumps
or
by pumping the medium a lone
to
a
high
l eve l
head box.
In
tha t case
the coa l
can be
elevated to t h i s headbox by conveyor
and
from
the re fed
to the
separa tor via
a t a l l s tandp ipe . The
he ight requi red
i s_
typ ica l ly
about 9 x dia of the
cyclQne or about
4.5 to
7 m above the i n l e t
of
the sepa ra to r 2 .
By
con t ras t ,
the
i n t roduc t ion
of
the
coa l
feed
d i r e c t l y
in to the open
vor tex
of
the
WP and o f
the
Tr i -F lo
s ep a r a to r
requi res no ext ra pressure .
Using -
e i t h e r of these
sys tems
- -
al lows
plants
to
be kept lower
and
ye t pumping of coa l i s
avoided with savings both in
pump wear and
coa l degrada t ion .
Cyclones WP
and
Vorsyl separa to r s have been long
es tabl i shed in coa l prepa ra t ion p lan t s and f requen t ly
descr ibed in
the
l i t e r a t u r e .
On
the other hand the Tr i -F lo system has been
developed
much
more recent ly and so f a r ,
mainly for minera l
app l ica t ions . Nevertheless , the
opera t ing r e su l t s
from the
f i r s t
7
Tri -F l?
_mineral
i n s t a l l a t i o n s ,
and many
other t e s t s ,
have been so remarkable
and
a number of i t s f ea tu res so
spec ia l ly i n t e res t ing
for
coa l
app l i ca t ions ,
t h a t a
shor t
descr ip t ion here would seem
appropr ia te .
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5.
The Tri -Flo
Separa tor
This device
d i f f e r s
from the other dyanmic
vesse l s
in tha t
t
combines 2 s tages
of separa t ion in
a
s ing le ves se l .
Two
s tag e wa s hing ca rt produce s ig n i f i can t improvements in recovery
( 3 ) a nd
can
a l
so produce
3
separa te
products
from
a
s ing le
co
mpa c t vesse l .
The
separa t o r has a cy l ind r ica l body as shown in the cu t -
away sec t ion of
Fig
.
3.
The vesse l is
divided by
a pa r t i t i on
wall in to
two
co n
sec
ut ive
chambers communicat ing
with each oth
th r
ough an ax ia l o r i f i c e each
chamber
being
equipped
with an
i nv o lu t e media i n l e t an d
s ink
discharge. The
feed
en t e r s the
f i r s t
c
hamber
o f th e
~ s s l where
a f i r s t
separa t ion
takes
pla ce ~ v n g a s ink l product .
The
f loa t
of
the f i r s t
s t age i s the feed of the seco nd
chamber
where a
second
separa
t i on , genera l ly a t
lower dens i ty
t akes p lace giv ing
a
s j
_nk 2 p r od uct ;
the f loa t
o f
the
second chamber i s
the
f in a l f loa t product .
Apart from - the fundamental novelty
inheren t
in
tf t
-i s
two
s tage des ign,
the oppor tuni ty was
a l so
taken for
improving
th e g eometry of the vesse l and p a r t i cu l a r ly
tha t
of
the
various
pa r t s .
As
a
re
s u l t in te rna l f r i c t i o n and
t he re fo re
v ea r a r d d
eg
r ad 8 t ion, were reduced and cap ac i t i e s increased
Fo r example, when Sacht leben Bergbau
G.m.b.H.
in t roduced
th
e i r
f i r s t
Tr i -F lo
separa tor a t t he i r Wolfach Plan t tha t
un i t r e pl aced a s ing le s tage separa tor
of
equal diameter .
Operat ing
the
new
two
s tag e s epara tor
over
the f i r s t four
mo
nth
s s howed
t
to be ca pable of handling approximately
30% mo
re
tonnag e with an in c rea s e of only
18%
in t o t a l medium
c i r cu l a t i on . Over
the
s ame period
the
losses were reduced
by 30% ,
co r re
spo nding
to
an increase
in
long
term recovery of
some
2 -
3%
compared
with the
previous
four months. ( 4 ) .
A s imi lar s tudy
on the po ten t i a l bene f i t s
poss ib le from
adding a seco nd re-wash s tage to well opera t ing cyclone coal
plan t s wa s publ i s hed
a t
the IX
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6.
The Tri-F lo
Separa tor
and Coal
Prepara t ion
So
f a r , opera t ing exper ience has been with
high d e n s i t y
mineral p lan t s . Resul ts from these - inc luding the f i r s t
2-medium,
3-product plant and
from numerous
t e s t s , were
reported
in d e t a i l a t
the
XIV
In te rna t iona l
Mineral
Process ing Conference in
Toronto
in October
1982.
4
) .
These r e su l t s s h ~ w e d t ha t the
i n t eg ra l
second s t age
s ign i f i can t l y improved
long
term e f f i c i ency ,
p a r t i c u l a r l y
when
the
re-ed wa-s -v a r.
i ab l e , contained
l a rge a-
mounts of--el t he r
f l oa t
or s ink f r ac t i ons , or much
near g ra v i t y ma t e r i a l - -
t i s reasonable
to
expect s imi la r improvements a t lower
dens i t i e s and indeed the
f i r s t
low dens i ty 100
t / h
Tr i -F lo
coal
plant
i s due
to
s t a r t
up shor t ly in
u s t r i a ~
We sha l l
now examine
the var ious
fea tu res and
t he i r
po ten t i a l for improving
the
design
of
fu ture coa l
6.1
Higher
Long Term Eff ic iency
Some
~ i m e
ago
an
exerc ise
was car r ied out
the
Br i t i sh Nat ional
Coal
Board on
the
t echn ica l
and
economic
comparisons
between
Baum
j i g s
and
dense
medium cyclones . I t was found
t ha t even
with easy
coa ls the
overa l l
recovery w ~ almost
81
l ~ s s
~ i s
than with complete
dense medium t rea tment
and
t ha t
even 1
ex t ra recovery would pay
for the
d i f fe rence
in cos t between the
two
systems.
P r o f i t s
would
be higher still when sepa ra t iomwere
required
below
1.5
or
with
d i f f i c u l t
coals .
6
) .
The
evidence accumulated so fa r sugges ts t ha t
the
long term e f f e c t o f two
s tage
separa t ion should
help to
improve
these
r e su l t s
even more.
Exper ience
may
well
prove t ha t with a
2-Dtage
separa t ion the
need
for
expens ive homogenisation p lan t s may become
s ign i f i can t l y
l e s s press ing .
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.2
Low
Level
Feed Entry
without
pumping of coal
This reduces
wear on the pumps and any degradat ion
of
the product ,
the
l a t t e r af fec t ing vend
and the load
on
the water c l a r i f i c a t i o n plant
.
In
a recent
paper
descr ib ing
the automation
of
a
pump
fe
d
cyclone i n s t a l l a t i o n
t r e a t i n g 0-38
mm coa l ,
the
feed
co
ntained 64.5 of +6.3 mm The products
contained
o
nly
50.4 and
50. O re spec t ive ly
. (
7 ) .
The a l t e
rna t ive
t o
pumping
the
cyclone feed means
a hi gh leve l grav i ty feed
with
a corresponding
inc rease
in
bui ld ing h
e i ght
and
cos t . The low l eve l grav i ty feed
o f the Tr
i -F lo se
para tor
make
s a lower
bui ld ing
and s h o r t e r
feed
conveyor
s
p o s s i l with
r esu l t ing saving
of space
and cos t - and redu c ed
environmental
impact .
6. 3
Hi g h S ink s
Capaci ty
due t o
the sec ond s inks
ou t le t
In creas ing
ly
high proport ions of waste have to be
re jected and con ventiemal s ingle s tage sepa ra to r s
have
to
be
down ra ted to s tay with in
t he i r
s inks ou t le t
ca
paci ty i n order to
avoid blockages
or contaminat ion
of
the clean coa l .
(
8 ) .
With the two s inks ou t l e t s
ava i l ab le here
the second
sca
venger s
tage
ensures
tha t
any
remaining
heavy
or near
gra
vi ty
heavy mat e r i a l
i s re jec ted
in the l i gh t ly loaded
second or
' 'cl
eane
r
s tag e .
6 .4 Th
i rd Product
Fac i l i ty
When th e s ys tem ope ra te s
with
a s ing le medium for
bo t h
the
f i r s t and
the second compartment the re wi l l
inheren t ly be a s l i gh t di f f e rence in q u a l i t y
between
Sinks 1 and
2. In
some cases
t h i s
is
i n s i g n i f i c a n t
a nd merely pr o
duces
a
sha rper two product separa t i
on
by
re -c leanin
g the f loa t
product
from
the
f i r s t compart
ment. In
tha t
ca s e
Sink
1
and Sink
2
are combined. In
o
ther
cases
the
s g ht ly lower ash
Sink
2 may
be
used
s
epara te
ly ,
perhaps in
a
l oca l f lu id i sed bed bo i l e r
ca
pable of
opera t ing
e f
f i c i e n t l y with a high ash
or
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In a
third
case
t
may
be
desirable
to operate with
two more widely separated densi t ies . For example, one
may
wish to
produce a low ash,
low sulphur premium coal ,
a
second
qual i ty
fuel and
a clean
re jec t with the fac i l i ty
for to ta l ly separate
control of the
two cut points .
In
principle th is i s
s imi lar to
the
condit ions
under
which a
Tri-Flo
plarit
has been
operating
in
Northern
I t a ly
__s ince
1981.
That plalLt__Q
perates
a t ~
a t h e r
high dens i t i es ,
viz.
2.75
and 3.2
kg/ l ,_
producing
a
clean, low
densi ty
f loat , an
excel lent
metal lurgical
f luorspar
as the
i n t e r -
mediate product,
and
a
Sink
1
containing
over 9 0 ~ of the
available
lead
and intergrpwn heavies.
Operation i s
with
a
special ,
patented
c i r cu i t
with
two
separate ly
contro l led
densi t ies .
This was a par t icu lar ly in teres t ing development
which proved remarkably s i m p l ~
and steady to
operate , even
by
men without pr ior
experience
in process plant
operat ion.
This f ac i l i ty
could be useful
for
smaller
local cleaning
plants
where
two
separate
conventional
plant
in
se r ies
could
not be jus t i f i ed .
4 ) .
6.5 Fine Mediums
All dynamic
systems operat ing
with
high cent r i fugal
- t
Grces
r e q u i J . e a ~ i n e
m e d i u m
th-an s ta-
t ic
s-ystems- i n- o-rd-e-r
to prevent excessive segregation of coarse medium
towards
the
sink out le t .
This
i s par t icu lar ly important
with
a
cyclone
separator
and
with the small diameter
sinks
ou t le t
of
the Vorsyl
separator
and explains
why
these separate
a t
a higher densi ty
than
that
of
the feed medium. With the
paral le l sides of the DWP and of the Tri-Flo separator
and
tangential sinks out le t the radius
of
the
vessel
stays
constant and
i t
i s therefore inherent ly eas ier to
maintain the
required
accelera t ing
forces and
keep
the
density
gradient
more
nearly constant
over
the
fu l l
lengths
of the
separator .
9
. When
high acce lera t ing
forces are required
for
par t icu lar ly d i f f i cu l t
or
f ine
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1 1 -
S i m1 1 a n l y i
t
s
n
ou l d ll e l e s s
of
a p r ob 1em ,t o
opera te a t the spec i a l l y low
dens i t i e s requi red
for
some
low
su lphur sepa ra t ions where media become
r eaJ i ly unsLable i.n conven t iona l vesse l s .
6.6 Larger Top Size
Tradi t i
o
nal Coal
Prepa ra t ion
Plants of ten
consis ted
of three
main s e c t i ons
to
t r ea t coarse coa l
small coal
and s l u r r i e s .
Now tha t little
coarse coal remains a f t e r
-
mechanised mining
many
new
p lan t s
are s imp l i f i ed by
e l imina t ing the
coarse
dense
medium sec t ion .
In
some
cases
the s ize range
t r e a t ed
in the dynamic sys tems
has been incceased t o 35/4 5
mm with
good
r esul ts
leaving
very little
ove rs i ze
to
be c rushed .
In
other
case
s j ig s are used for a high ash rougher sepa ra t i o n .
Dynamic dense media can then
be
u
se
d
e i t he r
to
re
wash the
high
ash j i g product a t lower dens i ty or
t o
re-wash the
j i g middl ings . -=-
In a l l these
cases
the
poss ib i l i t y of accep t ing
coarse r coal in
the
dynamic
sys tem i s use fu l
and
i s
becoming mo
re widely accepted .
With the Tri -F lo
se
pa ra to r the
coal
en te r s and
-
passes through both
s t ages
of the vesse l
ax i a l l y
r i d i ng on the
inner
fa ce of
the
r o t a t i ng
medium.
The wear and chance of
blockage
i s low and thus
s
hould
give
even
more
scope
if even l a rge r
top s i z e s
s h o
uld
become
i n t e r es t i ng .
The
r es t r i c t ion for the
s inks
removal are
a l so
r11inirnal,
with typ ica l
ou t l e t diameters
of 130
mm
. CorJ c ]us i o ns
Dense
medium
s widely
used
in coa l
prepa ra t ion p rac t i c e
and
provides
a f l ex ib le system
which can
be ea s i l y automated
t o a
djus t
to
cha
n
ges
in
feed
or markets
.
I t see ms . l j ke ly lh a t these
fea tures
wil l
be
importan t
c o e e be h e d a n d h a
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