Countries disposing their own domestic resources may reduce the external dependences as well as they prevent the economic losses caused by this dependency. Under the light of this thought, the beneficiation of the coal reserves especially fine coals in Turkey with minimum losses is possible only by an effective implementation following a sufficient planning.
The enrichment of Karadon (Zonguldak) fine coal was investigated by the use oil agglomeration process in the light of several parameters throughout the present work. The experimental works were planned by using Taguchi (L16) experimental design and the success of oil agglomeration was evaluated with the ash content and combustible recovery (CR) of the agglomerates obtained. 16 agglomeration tests were realized under different conditions and a confirmation test was performed by the analysis of mean after optimization works completed. The maximum signal/noise (S/N) ratio (39,48) was obtained at Test 2 and the reached average CR of agglomerates was determined as a highest value of 94,2%. In spite of lower CR value, the largest agglomerate size (average 5-7 mm) was obtained from the Test 16.
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Publication Date | December 15, 2016 |
Published in Issue | Year 2016 Volume: 31 Issue: 2 |