chemical leaching of low rank coal and its characterization using semedax and ftir化学浸出低等级的煤炭及其使用semedax和红外光谱表征.pdfVIP

Journal of Minerals Materials Characterization Engineering , Vol. 8, No.10, pp.821-832, 2009   jmmce.org Printed in the USA. All rights reserved  Chemical Leaching of Low Rank Coal and its Characterization using SEM/EDAX and FTIR B. Manoj*, A.G. Kunjomana and K.A. Chandrasekharan Department of Physics, Christ University, Hosur Road, Bangalore -29 Karnataka, India. *Corresponding Author: manoj.b@christuniversity.in ABSTRACT Demineralization of coal carried out using EDTA for different time and HF of varying concentration. The residual coal from each treatment was characterized together with virgin coal using Scanning Electron Microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX). Micrograph and EDAX analysis of Virgin coal reveal the features lithophiles like aluminium, silicates and calcium. The absence of the features corresponding i norganic elements in residual samples is an indication of demineralization. An elemental analyzer was adopted to analyze CHNS on virgin and residual coal sample. The current research compares the leaching efficiency of a mild leachant and a strong leachant. The final analysis showed that the coal under study was sub bituminous coal and leaching could improve the amount of carbonaceous material. Keywords: Coal; Minerals; Characterization; SEM; EDAX; FTIR 1. INTRODUCTION Study on various non renewable energy sources and enhancement of their fuel efficiency through different processes like chemical and biological means is a topic of continuing research. Many environmentalists see coal as inherently dirty. C