Removal of sulfur and ash from coal using molten caustic leaching, a case study from Hazro fields,Turkey

Energy Exploration and Exploitation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 391-400

  Duz, M Zahir ^a   Saydut, Abdurrahman ^a   Erdogan, Sait ^a   Hamamci, Candan ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coal; Demineralization; Desulphurization; Hazro; Molten caustic leaching; NaOH; Southeast Anatolia; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ASH CONTENTS; CAUSTIC LEACHING; COAL SAMPLE; DESULPHURIZATION; HAZRO COAL; MILD ACID; MOLTEN SODIUM; ORGANIC SULFUR; PYRITIC SULFUR; REMOVAL OF SULFUR; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TOTAL SULFUR; VOLATILE MATTERS;

COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; DESULFURIZATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; LEACHING; ORGANIC MINERALS; SODIUM; SULFUR;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 77449160757     PISSN: 01445987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0144-5987.27.6.391     Document Type: Article

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