Enhancement of flotation performance of oil shale cleaning by ultrasonic treatment

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Altun, N Emre ^a   Hwang, Jiann Yang ^b   Hicyilmaz, Cahit ^c  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flotation; FTIR; Oil shale; SEM; Ultrasound; XRD

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; FLOTATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INORGANIC COATINGS; SHALE; SHALE OIL; ULTRASONIC CLEANING; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ASH CONTENTS; ASH REJECTIONS; BEYPAZARI; COMBUSTIBLE RECOVERIES; FLOTATION PERFORMANCE; FTIR; INORGANIC PARTICLES; SEM; SEM ANALYSIS; SURFACE COATINGS; ULTRA SONICATIONS; ULTRASONIC POWER; ULTRASONIC TREATMENTS; ULTRASOUND; XRD;

OIL SHALE;

EID: 62749109383     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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