Effectiveness of the dense medium and the froth flotation methods in cleaning some Turkish lignites

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1407-1418

  Ceylan, Kadim ^a   Küçük, M Zeki ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Dense medium; Froth flotation; Lignite

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALCOHOLS; CALORIFIC VALUE; CHEMICAL CLEANING; COAL; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DESULFURIZATION; FROTH FLOTATION; KEROSENE; OXIDATION; PULVERIZED FUEL; REDUCTION; TOUGHNESS;

CHEMICAL PROCESSES; DENSE MEDIUM; FLOTABILITY;

LIGNITE;

EID: 0442311927     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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