List of Courses

Below are 13 Courses on the preparation of coal and other topics to help you learn what you need to know.

  • 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. 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
  • 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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