Utilization of High Ash, Low Volatile Coking Coals of Jharia Coalfield, India for Coke Making

India is having limited resources of coking coal, an essential input for production of iron and steel especially through blast furnace route. The coking coal sources are presently from the lower seams of Jharia coalfield, which are high in ash content and low in volatile matter and difficult to wash...

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Published in:Coke and chemistry (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2021, Vol.64 (1), p.12-17
Main Authors: Chattopadhyay, U. S., T. Gouri Charan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ashes
Blast cleaning
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Coal
Coke fired furnaces
Coking
Flotation
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
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Summary:India is having limited resources of coking coal, an essential input for production of iron and steel especially through blast furnace route. The coking coal sources are presently from the lower seams of Jharia coalfield, which are high in ash content and low in volatile matter and difficult to wash. This paper describes the washability characteristics of a typical coking coal from the Eastern and Western Jharia coalfields aiming at 18% ash level in the clean coal mainly to meet the specifications of coke making for blast furnace use. Conventional float-and-sink testing was used to determine the yield of clean coal for the coarser fraction, while the coal fines was subjected to flotation. The theoretical recovery of clean coal for the coal tested from Eastern and Western Jharia coalfields are 27% and 19.7% at the stipulated ash content. The coking propensities and the petrographic analysis of the clean coal strongly support its use for coke making either directly or as a blend with imported coal.
ISSN:1068-364X
1934-8398
DOI:10.3103/S1068364X21010026