A study of rotary tribo-electrostatic separation of South African fine coal

International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization

Volumn 30, Issue 2-5, 2010, Pages 154-172

  Bada, S O ^a,b   Tao, D ^b   Honaker, R Q ^b   Falcon, L M ^a   Falcon, R M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Dry beneficiation; Particle charging; Tribo electrostatic technique

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; APPLIED POTENTIALS; ASH CONTENTS; COAL FRACTIONS; COAL SAMPLE; COMBUSTIBLE RECOVERY; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FINE COALS; MINERAL CONTENT; ORGANIC COMPOSITIONS; PARTICLE CHARGING; ROTATION SPEED; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SEPARATION VOLTAGE; STEAM COAL; TOTAL SULPHUR; TRIBO-ELECTROSTATIC TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY;

BENEFICIATION; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL PREPARATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; ROTATION; STEAM POWER PLANTS; SULFUR; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 77955584227     PISSN: 19392699     EISSN: 19392702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19392699.2010.497100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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