HGMS coal desulfurization with microwave magnetization enhancement

Author

Kelland, D.R. ; Lai-Fook, M. ; Maxwell, E. ; Takayasu, M. ; Jacobs, I.S. ; McConnell, M.D.

Author_Institution

Nat. Magnetics Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

24

Issue

6

fYear

1988

fDate

11/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2434

Lastpage

2436

Abstract

The performance of high-gradient magnetic separation (HGMS) in removing mineral pyrite from coal has been improved by increasing the pyrite´s magnetization through selective microwave heating. Separations were carried out on conventional 2-T iron magnet separators and using a superconducting magnet capable of 15 T. A critical temperature for conversion of pyrite to ferrimagnetic monoclinic pyrrhotite was determined by vibrating-sample magnetometer measurements, also used to assess the conversion of pyrite in irradiated coal samples. Thermal analysis demonstrated that temperatures reached after heating were higher in the pyrite than in the coal. Pyrite-coal samples were separated using continuous axial separation and conventional wire-matrix HGMS

Keywords

coal; magnetic separation; magnetisation; radiofrequency heating; 15 T; 2 T; HGMS coal desulfurization; continuous axial separation; ferrimagnetic monoclinic pyrrhotite; high-gradient magnetic separation; microwave magnetization enhancement; pyrite removal; selective microwave heating; superconducting magnet; thermal analysis; vibrating-sample magnetometer; wire-matrix HGMS; Electromagnetic heating; Ferrimagnetic materials; Iron; Magnetic separation; Magnetization; Magnetometers; Minerals; Particle separators; Superconducting magnets; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.92133

Filename

92133