List of Courses

• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. ORIGIN AND FORMATION OF COAL SEAMS
• 3. RANK AND TYPES OF COAL
• 4. BANNDED CONSTITUENTS OF BITUMINOUS COAL
• 5. THE INERT MATTER IN COAL
• 6. SULPHUR AND CHLORINE
• 7. SHALES AND SEAT EARTHS
• 8. MIDDLINGS
• 9. COMPOSITES OF COAL AS MINED
• SUMMARY

• 1. THE NEED FOR COAL PREPARATION
• 2. SAMPLING AND SAMPLE PREPARATION
• 3. ANALYSIS OF COAL
• 4. PRELIMINARY PREPARATION
• APPENDIX A: RELATIONSHIP OF BANK AND QUALITY OF App COAL TO VARIOUS FORMS OF UTILIZATION
• APPENDIX B: SAMPLING: NUMBER AND MINIMUM WEIGHTED OF INCREMENTS IN SAMPLES

• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. DENSITY AND RELATIVE DENSITY
• 3. RELATIVE DENSITY, ASH CONTENT AND CALORIFIC VALUE OF COAL. BULK DENSITY OF COAL

• 1. FLOAT AND SINK TESTING
• 2. THE WASH ABILITY CURVES
• 3. THE MAYER CURVE SUMMARY

• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. TYPES OF SCREEN
• 3. SCREEN DUTIES
• 4. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF SCREENS
• 5. EFFICIENCY AND CAPACITY OF SCREENS
• 6. TYPES OF SCREEN DECK
• 7. Fig. 6 Loose rod deck
• 8. SCREENING OF FINES
• 9. SCREEN MAINTENANCE SUMMARY

• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. SETTLING THEORY
• 3. HINDERED AND FREE SETTLING
• 4. GRAVITY SEPARATION
• 5. TROUGH OR LAUNDER WASHERS
• 6. UPWARD CUTTER WASHERS
• 7. COMBINED THROUGH AND UPWARD CURRENT WASHERS
• SUMMARY

• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. JIG WASHING
• 3. REFUSE EXTRACTION FROM JIGS
• 4. JIG PLANT FLOW SHEETS
• SUMMARY
• APPENDIX I – SAFETY

• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. FLOAT AND SINK SEPARATION
• 3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF DENSE MEDIUM PROCESSES
• 4. THE PROPERTIES OF DENSE MEDIA
• 5. MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR DENSE MEDIA
• SUMMARY

• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. DENSE MEDIUM PRODUCTS FLOW DIAGRAM
• 3. DENSE MEDIUM BATHS
• 4. DENSE MEDIUM RECOVERY CIRCUITS
• SUMMARY
• APPENDIX I – ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

• A. CYCLONES
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
  • 3. CLEANING OF SMALL COAL: THE DENSE MEDIUM CYCLONE
  • 4. THICKENING AND RECOVERY OF FINE COAL
  • 5. USE OF CYCLONES IN BAUM JIG CIRCUITS
  • 6. USE OF CYCLONES IN MEDIUM RECOVERY CIRCUITS
  • 7. OPERATIONAL HINTS
• B. WATER CLARIFICATION
  • 8. INTRODUCTION
  • 9. WATER CLARIFICATION
  • 10. INOCULATION
  • 11. SEDIMENTATION AND THICKENING
  • C. FROTH FLOTATION
  • 12. INTRODUCTION
  • 13. OBJECTIVES
  • 14. APPLICATION
  • 15. SURFACE PROPERTIES OF THE SOLIDS
  • 16. CONTACT ANGLES
  • 17. FLOTATION AGENTS
  • 18. FACTORS AFFECTING COAL FLOTATION
  • 19. FROTH FLOTATION IN COAL PREPARATION
  • 20. FLOTATION PLANT CONTROL BY OPERATOR
  • 21. EFFECT OF FLOTATION PLANT OPERATION OF SUBSEQUENT PROCESSES
  • 22. FROTH FLOTATION AND WATER CLARIFICATION FLOW DIAGRAM
  • SUMMARY
  • APPENDIX A TO Course 10 – Use of the Settling Formula

• A. DE WATERING
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. DE WATERING SCREENS
  • 3. DRAINAGE ELEVATORS AND DRAINAGE BUNKERS
  • 4. CENTRIFUGES
  • 5. FILTERS
  • 6. THERMAL DRYERS
• B. PUMPS AND COMPRESSORS
  • 7. INTRODUCTION
  • 8. CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS
  • 9. RECIPROCATING PUMPS 410. VACUUM PUMPS
  • 11. COMPRESSORS, BLOWERS
  • SUMMARY

• A. BREAKING AND CRUSHING
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. PRIMARY BREAKERS
  • 3. SECONDARY CRUSHERS
  • 4. OTHER SIZE REDUCTION PROCESSES
• B. TRANSPORTATION AND CONVEYING
  • 5. INTRODUCTION
  • 6. BELT CONVEYORS
  • 7. SCRAPER CONVEYORS
  • 8. FEEDERS
  • 9. CHUTES AND TRANSFERS
• C. BUNKER AGE
  • 10. INTRODUCTION
  • 11. FLOW
  • 12. BUNKER (BINS) SHAPES
  • 13. BUNKER (BINS) TYPES
  • 14. BUNKER LININGS
  • 15. DISCHARGE AIDS
• D. LOADING OF COAL
  • 16. BOOM LOADERS (Stacking Conveyors)
  • 17. RAPID LOADING BUNKERS (BINS)
  • 18. RAPID LOADING BUNKERS (BINS)
  • 19. ANTI-BREAKAGE – GENERAL PRECAUTIONS
  • SUMMARY

• A. AUTOMATIC CONTROLS
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. PLANT FEED CONTROL
  • 3. BAUM JIG CONTROLS
  • 4. DENSE MEDIUM
  • 5. BLENDING
  • 6. MEASUREMENT
  • 7. Fig. 8 A.E.R.E. Ash Monitor
  • 8. WATER CLARIFICATON
  • 9. AUTOMATIC SAMPLERS
  • 10. GENERAL PLANT AUTOMATION
  • 11. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN AUTOMATIC CONTROL
• B. TERMINOLOGY FLOW SHEETS AND PLANT LAYOUT
  • 12. INTRODUCTION
  • 13. STANDARDIZATION
  • 14. FLOW SHEETS
  • 15. FLOW SHEET CONSTRUCTION
  • 16. PLANT LAYOUT EXAMINATION REVISION NOTES
• C. CONCLUSION
  • 17. LIAISON BETWEEN MINING, COAL PREPARATION AND MARKETING
  • 18. TRENDS IN COAL PREPARATION
  • 19. EXAMINATION REASON NOTES
  • SUMMARY OF Course 13
  • APPENDIX ‘A’ – PLANT MANAGEMENT

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