Advanced Energy Dynamics, Inc.

Micropure, Inc.

Stanley R Rich

Kenneth S Sachar

A mixture of particles of different materials is further comminuted by rubbing contact while moving at high relative velocity along a surface of a solid body to a substantially smaller size range during which the particles of different materials acquire a very high differential charge, and while bearing such high differential charge the particles of different material are entered into an electric field for efficient separation of particles of one material from particles of another material.

Particle charging and collecting system

Electrically charging liquid droplets by causing a liquid sheet to expand in area and to break up into droplets in a region adjacent to an electrode.

Producing liquid droplets bearing electrical charges

After pulverizing feed coal to a range of particle sizes from 1 to 250 microns, the particles are divided at approximately a micron level in the range from 37 to 74 microns into a coarse fraction and a fine fraction. The inorganic material is separated from the organic material, at least in the coarse fraction, and the particles of inorganic material are excluded from the coal that is fed to the boiler.

Method of treating coal for increasing the availability of coal-fired

After pulverizing to minus 200 mesh, a mixture of coal and pyrite particles is passed through an A.C. silent corona discharge in the presence of a reactant gas. Simultaneously, the particles are de-agglomerated and an electrical or magnetic difference between them is enhanced. Thereafter, the pyrite is separated from the coal. The effectiveness of the pulverizing step in separating pyrite particles from the coal matrix, especially small-size particles approximately 50 micrometers and less, is enhanced by pretreating the coal with a chemical comminutant. One example is a solution of ammonia, used to presoak the coal for a short time, at, for example, atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature.

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Wellesley Hills, MA, United States of America

Stanley R Rich