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Dewatering of Fossil Fuels and Suspensions of Ultrafine Particles by Mechanical/Thermal Dewatering
Author(s) -
Bergins Chr.,
Berger S.,
Strauß K.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4125(199911)22:11<923::aid-ceat923>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - dewatering , fossil fuel , materials science , thermal , waste management , process (computing) , environmental science , petroleum engineering , composite material , geotechnical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics , computer science , operating system , physics
The mechanical/thermal dewatering is a new energetically and technologically optimized technique for the reduction of the water content of moist bulk materials and suspensions by the combined application of heat and mechanical forces. Apart from the dewatering of moist fossil fuels, the process is especially suited for the dewatering of suspensions containing ultrafine particles, which still are difficult to dewater because of the strong surface effects. The significant shortening of the process time and the reduction of the plant size result in lower costs and provide the economical application of the MTE procedure.