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REDUCING THE ASH AND SULFUR CONTENT OF COAL TO LEVELS COMPARABLE WITH OIL WILL…

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Agency:
Department of Energy 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
383 		Program Year/Program:
1983 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
383 		Solicitation Year:
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FOSTER-MILLER, INC.
350 Second Ave. Waltham, MA 02451
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Minority-Owned: No
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Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1983
Title: REDUCING THE ASH AND SULFUR CONTENT OF COAL TO LEVELS COMPARABLE WITH OIL WILL GREATLY INCREASE COAL'S ACCEPTANCE AS A COMBUSTION FUEL.
Agency: DOE
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $45,000.00
 

Abstract:

REDUCING THE ASH AND SULFUR CONTENT OF COAL TO LEVELS COMPARABLE WITH OIL WILL GREATLY INCREASE COAL'S ACCEPTANCE AS A COMBUSTION FUEL. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL WITH PHYSICAL BENEFICIATION TECHNIQUES, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO FIRST REDUCE THE ROM COAL INTO ULTRAFINE PARTICLES. THIS GENERATION OF FINES RELEASES MOST IMPURITIES AS DISCRETE PARTICLES WITH SPECIFIC GRAVITIES (2.2-4.2) SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN COAL (1.3-1.5). WITH SUCH A DENSITY DIFFERENCE A NEAR PERFECT SEPARATION IS THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE. HOWEVERTHERE IS NO EXISTING BENEFICIATION EQUIPMENT/SYSTEMS WHICH CAN EFFICIENTLY AND ECONOMICALLY AFFECT THIS POTENTIAL NEAR PERFECT SEPARATION WITH A FINE PARTICLE FEED. BASED ON THIS NEED, FOSTER-MILLER, INC. HAS DEVELOPED IN CONCEPT, A HEAVY FLUID BENEFICIATION CENTRIFUGE, COMPACT IN SIZE AND ABLE TO SEPARATE COAL AND WASTE INTO TWO HIGHLY DEWATERED SOLIDS WHILE RECOVERING MOST OF THE CARRIER FLUID. THIS CONCEPT USES A NON-TOXIC AND NON-CORROSIVE TRUE HEAVY FLUID WITH AN INTERMEDIATE SPECIFIC GRAVITY (1.6) BETWEEN COAL ANDWASTE IN COMBINATION WITH THE ADVANTAGES OF CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION. THE SEPARATION POTENTIAL OF THIS CONCEPT CAN READILY APPROACH THE "IDEAL SEPARATION" ATTAINED IN LABORATORY FLOAT-SINK WASHABILITY TESTS.

Principal Investigator:

Leslie s. rubin
SENIOR ENGINEER

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Foster-miller Inc.
350 Second Ave. Waltham, MA 02254

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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No