Open AccessA study of multistage/multifunction column for fine particle separation. Quarterly technical progress report, January 1, 1996-- March 31, 1996
Author(s) -
S.H. Chiang
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/285348
Subject(s) - beneficiation , contactor , column (typography) , separation (statistics) , process engineering , flow (mathematics) , vortex , mixing (physics) , environmental science , particle (ecology) , engineering , petroleum engineering , computer science , mechanics , mechanical engineering , materials science , geology , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , connection (principal bundle) , machine learning , metallurgy , oceanography
The overall objective of the proposed research program is to explore the potential application of a new invention involving a multistage column equipped with vortex-inducing loop-flow contactors (hereafter referred to as the multistage column) for fine coal cleaning process. The research work will identify the design parameters and their effects on the performance of the separation process. The results of this study will provide an engineering basis for further development of this technology in coal cleaning and in the general areas of fluid/particle separation. In the last quarter, we investigated the mixing and loop flow (circulation) behaviors around the contactors. In this quarter, the fine coal beneficiation tests were carried out in the multistage column and conventional column