Triboelectrostatic cleaning of coal in-line between pulverizers and burners at utilities

Coal Preparation

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 115-129

  Stencel, J M ^a   Schaefer, J L ^a   Ban, H ^a   Li, T X ^a   Neathery, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash rejection; Charge measurement; Coal cleaning; Dry separation; Recovery analysis; Triboelectrostatics

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIATION; COAL ASH; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL PULVERIZERS; COMBUSTORS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; FUEL BURNERS; PULVERIZED FUEL; PULVERIZED FUEL FIRED BOILERS; TRIBOELECTRICITY;

DRY SEPARATION; PULVERIZED COAL COMBUSTORS; TRIBOELECTROSTATIC CLEANING;

COAL PREPARATION;

EID: 0031676252     PISSN: 07349343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07349349808945576     Document Type: Article

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