Briquetting of coal fines and sawdust part I: Binder and briquetting-parameters evaluations

D. Taulbee, D. P. Patil, Rick Q. Honaker, B. K. Parekh

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Abstract

Various technical and economic aspects relating to the briquetting of fine coal with sawdust have been evaluated with the results for two segments of that study presented here: binder and briquetting-parameter evaluations. Approximately 50 potential binder formulations were subjected to a series of screening evaluations to identify three formulations that were the most cost effective for briquetting fine coal with sawdust. Two of the binders, guar gum and wheat starch, were selected as most suitable for the pulverized coal market while the third formulation, lignosulfonate/lime, was targeted for the stoker market. Following binder selection, a number of briquetting parameters including binder and sawdust concentration, sawdust type, briquetting pressure and dwell time, coal and sawdust particle size, clay content, moisture content, and cure temperature and cure time were evaluated. Briquetting pressure and dwell time have the least impact while binder and sawdust concentrations, sawdust type, and curing conditions exerted the greatest influence on briquette quality.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-22
Number of pages22
JournalInternational Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization
Volume29
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Funding for this research was provided in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, State Industries of the Future (DE-FC07-02ID14273). The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of TECO Coal, James River Coal, and Cooke & Sons Mining for the fine-coal samples and H&S Lumber and Sandy Gaye Lumber for the sawdust samples. We also wish to acknowledge the provision of binder materials from a number of sources including ADM, Meade-Westvaco, Northway Lignin, Omni Materials, ABC Coke, US Sugar Corporation, Marathon-Ashland, Anheuser-Busch, Hase Petroleum, PQ Corp., Akzo-Nobel, the Heritage Group, and Bob Rooksby. Address correspondence to D. Taulbee. E-mail: [email protected]

Keywords

  • Binders
  • Biomass
  • Briquetting
  • Fine coal
  • Fuel
  • Waste

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Fuel Technology

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