Abstract: Pyritic sulfur is removed from coal or other carbonaceous material through the use of humic acid as a coal flotation depressant. Following the removal of coarse pyrite, the carbonaceous material is blended with humic acid, a pyrite flotation collector and a frothing agent within a flotation cell to selectively float pyritic sulfur leaving clean coal as an underflow.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 31, 1988
Date of Patent:
September 19, 1989
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy