Significance of surface moisture removal on triboelectrostatic beneficiation of fly ash |
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Authors: | Federico Cangialosi Lorenzo Liberti Giulio Belz John M Stencel |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development, Technical University of Bari, Italy b ENEL Produzione Ricerca, Litoranea Brindisi Casalabate, 72020 Tuturano (Brindisi), Italy c Tribo Flow Separations, 1525 Bull Lea Road, Suite 10, Lexington, KY 40511, United States |
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Abstract: | The gas transport, triboelectrostatic beneficiation of coal combustion fly ash into carbon-rich and ash-rich products was studied relative to the effect of ash surface moisture. Increasing the humidity to which the ashes from American and Italian coal-fired utilities were exposed under process and ambient conditions affected carbon and ash separability. The effect of humidity and particle surface moisture became more important as particle size decreased: particles greater than 75 μm in diameter were nearly unaffected whereas particles smaller than 45 μm experienced up to a four-fold change in their separability upon changing their surface moisture contents. Although particle size influences the moisture adsorption, which in turn affects tribocharging, the decrease in adhesive forces between carbon and ash from otherwise intractable clusters during drying also may be a factor influencing triboelectrostatic beneficiation performance. |
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Keywords: | Triboelectrostatic separation Fly ash Moisture |
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