Coal Processing and Utilization
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 June 2024 | Viewed by 275
Special Issue Editors
Interests: froth flotaion; coal-collector interaction; bubble-particle interaction; solid-liquid wetting
Interests: coal separation and utilization; mineral processing; flotation; flow field simulation
Interests: coal slurry water; lattice defects in coal measures clays; quantum chemistry/molecular dynamics simulations
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Interests: mineral processing; coal preparation; flotation; collector; desulfuration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coal has played a fundamental role as an energy and coke source for centuries. In recent years, it has shown great potential in coal chemistry industry and carbon-based materials. The utilization of coal nowadays requires both in-depth research and extensive exploration, balanced with environmental concerns. An equally essential step before its utilization is the processing of coal. The heterogeneous composition of the complex organic structures and associated minerals of coal makes efficient separation a challenge, theoretically and technically. Various efforts in raw coal separation and beneficiation have been made, including, but not limited to, coal and coal-based material properties’ characterization, size classification, dense separation, and colloid interface interactions; however, fundamental mechanisms and technologies have not been fully discovered or understood. Further intensification methods and theory development of the coal separation process are mostly favourable for the quality and efficient production of clean coal, as well as its following utilization.
Dr. Yinfei Liao
Dr. Gen Huang
Prof. Dr. Jun Chen
Dr. Gan Cheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coal separation
- coal-based material
- mineral engineering
- coal chemistry
- coal combustion
- environmental sciences ecology
- separation
- device mechanics
- mechanism
