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Improved Collector for Beneficiation of Low-Volatile Medium Ash Clean coal Fines by Froth Flotation

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Title Improved Collector for Beneficiation of Low-Volatile Medium Ash Clean coal Fines by Froth Flotation
 
Creator Chaudhuri, Sanjay
Kalyani, V.K.
Charan, T.Gouri
Sinha, A.
 
Subject Coal Characterisation
 
Description Froth flotation has emerged as an effective and useful technique for separation of low volatile medium ash clean coal fines. The traditional flotation collector is diesel oil. However, this collector often gives lower concentrate yields. In the present article, an improved collector derived from coal tar, that is, a particular coal tar distillate fraction, in combination with methyl isobutyl carbinol (MIBC) as frother has been successfully used, whereby about 83% of coal fines can be effectively retrieved with a low-ash yield (16%). In this way, a higher yield of coal fines has been successfully obtained in comparison with other collectors. To illustrate the point, compared to our improved collector, the yields with diesel and N-Dodecane as collectors were only 71.4% and 66.7%, respectively. Using the actual experimental results, a mathematical model has been developed using response surface methodology taking into account collector dose, frother dose, and pulp density. The quadratic model developed is in good agreement and effectively validating the experimental results of froth flotation process.
 
Publisher Taylor & Francis
 
Date 2014
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://cimfr.csircentral.net/1837/1/kalyani.pdf
Chaudhuri, Sanjay and Kalyani, V.K. and Charan, T.Gouri and Sinha, A. (2014) Improved Collector for Beneficiation of Low-Volatile Medium Ash Clean coal Fines by Froth Flotation. International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization, 34. pp. 321-331. ISSN 1939-2699
 
Relation http://DOI: 10.1080/19392699.2014.896350
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