1978•Proc. Am. Power Conf.; (United States)Requires access
Coal preparation and cleaning for the power industry
H. Huettenhain
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Abstract
As coal cleaning costs have declined, this method of improving the quality of coal is becoming increasingly attractive to the electric power industry. Physical separation processes which are commercially available for cleaning coal are described. It is concluded that with more stringent environmental requirements for coal-burning power plants, coal cleaning cannot fully replace flue gas desulfurization, but coal cleaning can reduce flue gas desulfurization requirements and can produce a more homogeneous fuel with improved combustion characteristics. (LCL)