Mineralogy and Characterisation Studies Aimed at Coal Desulfurization Process on Iran’s Largest Coalfield

Jannesar Malakooti, Sajjad; Abdollahi, Hadi; Pourkarimi, Ziaeddin; Karimi Shahraki, Behrouz; Rahimi, Mehdi; Shahbazi, Mohammadreza; Rahmanian Kooshkaki, Ahmad

doi:10.22044/jme.2023.12529.2274

Document Type : Case Study

Authors

¹ Tabas Coal Mines Complex (TCMC), Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), Iran

² School of Mining Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

³ Iran Mineral Processing Research Center (IMPRC), Iran

https://doi.org/10.22044/jme.2023.12529.2274

Abstract

Parvadeh IV and East Parvadeh mines are two main coal-producing zones within the Tabas coalfield, east of Iran. Since studies have shown that C1 and B2 are the most important working seams in the Parvadeh IV and east Parvadeh areas, this research work focuses on these two coal seams. Syngenetic pyrite is available as framboids related to macerals. Decreasing the sulfur content is especially hard when the pyrite particles are fine-grained, finely disseminated, and intergrown with the coal maceral structure. The sulfur content measured in C1 and B2 seams varies from 0.98% to 5.57% and from 0.73% to 5.25%, respectively, with an average of 2.39% and 2.5%. We use a method to predict how coal desulfurized the C1and B2seams of Parvadeh IV and C1 seams of east Parvadeh mines in the Tabas coalfield. The results have given new proofs for the presence of pyrite and clay minerals within the coalfield zone, and to identify a method to predict coal desulfurization with conventional processing and cost-effective methods. The coal preparation strategy in MEMRADCO, Parvadeh, and Ehyasepahan coal-cleaning plants not as it expels mineral matter and pyrite but too reduces the content of most inorganic components.

Keywords

20.1001.1.22518592.2023.14.1.17.6

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Volume 14, Issue 1
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Mineralogy and Characterisation Studies Aimed at Coal Desulfurization Process on Iran’s Largest Coalfield

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Volume 14, Issue 1January 2023Pages 277-293

Volume 14, Issue 1
January 2023
Pages 277-293