Innovations Mirra an CoaiPoceuing, Mak na (a © (008 ome eerie SBN 68000132 Pamaby process A new trend in Yugoslavian coal cleaning M.Canic, LSimovic, S.Djokic & N.Kostovic Cool Deparment. Mining Instn Relgrade, Yugoslavia ABSTRACT: Pamaby process was developed in 1960 by Derek Parmaby, for coal cleaning and coal ‘ecovering fom old waste dos. Later, this process as found out tobe very suitable for ROM coal cleaning 4 well Havieg problems wilt the recovery’ of fine coal, Bogevina mine commissioned the Paraby plan, ‘inary forthe clesning of -10 mm coal tom the stekpie. Besides the description of Partaby proces, this paper presents also review of portions results ofthe Pamaby plat in Bogovina. Based 00 very positive ‘experience wih Pamaby process, Mining Insitute has performed the necessary laboratory and industrial {nvestigaton inorder to determine the appliablity ofthis process on ather Vagotay’ coal, The results of his investigation, cari out on Resavia, Jesenorac, Soko, Pljevja, Suvalj and Kovin coals, coainmed that Panaby process is ery suitable for higniteand Bown coals lea L INTRODUCTION {2 1988, Bogovina separation plant was filed vp with about 160 0001 of tine col, salable duc to the high content of ash and Cad’ in the ach. Wher this oskple, about Se) high, stared to bum an ‘logic problem aroused," which needed pent ‘iteation. The solution was found in Pamaby process (Cinic 1989) and. in. 1990. Paraby plant was ppuchased fre the manufictrer “Brae Mineral Separation” of Belgium. Generally, se intention was to use the Pamaby plan, during is fist year of operation, only for clearing. the fine coal ffom the ‘Mockple, whl the exising Norton separator should continue’ the leasing of coal fom the nearly exhausted West Field of Bogovina mine. Soot aft the Paraby pant had been putinto eperation, Norton Seyrator was abandoned and Panaby plas ool over the whol producten by ceasing ROM coal an ine ‘oul fom sockple’ respectively. Very "good ‘operational results of Pumaby plat in Bogovina ‘hinted anew end in. Yuposiny brown coal 2 PARNABY PROCESS ‘The Paraby process is mamed aftr its author Derek ‘Pamaby. Coal clearing takes place in an autogenous media, wid abana wae of gupnit dams ‘ects Pigue 1). The autogenous medi i sully ‘ido up of he nis 05 tm ction nom calm tte maimum acevabe density 130-125 Ui {asim 3 of aie by volame). Thank tthe mami elt of the sqipment, clezing tally tes places epution deety of Stal “Te base uni of he Paraby ayscm (Olive Ings) are tamel, whee the come’ factions ae lean and one o mor eles fr fine ations Stig Ony by ts appears Para bare resembles the mich oder Enghch Blake” bare aor modieations i arelntrie ad estore ‘angodWfom apimsive device, which wan ore Serubber then cancenao, into ai competiive ‘ote ach Horzntal Paraby cyclones cary ou seaation inn popes mdi, acodig foe pepe ‘SF DSM eycones Bart doer not ony scpante be Steril by dna, bata sare me popes Se tive of edn and mati for Ge owing ‘age of concentration nthe eylone, an vie er the eyelones located, sbove the tarel, pepe De regu fe hel Tne, te Para plan i ot nly bas wih added one ot more e¥ebne sages. This i an sigue Gn which ara vide far eens dvi mponentsof whch it's made of ama“Sete Figure | - The flovshee of he Pamaby plan st Bogovina mine 3 DESCRIPTION OF PARNABY PLANT IN BOGOVINA ‘Toe Panay plat insalled at Begovina is the fit plant of itt kind in. Yugoslavia Bogovina mine purchased the simplest passible Pamaby Configuration 6/30, consisting of 1.8 m in dameer sn 9m long barel and twe 80 eum cyclones Wit appropiate sieve bends and vibratory screns fer watering snd reparation of suogennus tedium ‘The Dowsheet of the Pamaby plant in Bogovina (Djokc 1991) ie owmon Figure | Deivering of aw cos -60+0 mm int the Paenaby plant ic eared ut by the horper, epraaling feeder End beh corveyor. Coal i iroduced into the bared through an injector, together with a rar of ‘togenout suspension, Low density materia (clsn Goal) ows tothe fist half ofthe vibratory seren, with 6mm openings (in other eae 12, 9 or3 mh openings are posible), where aftr dewatering and washing the cours clean coal -6O¥6 mm is separa 1 an oversize produc. Clean exal -60¥6 mm is conveyed 10 the screening plant for soning. io tequied factions Undersize -6 mum, fom the tar “ATs punped to two Parmby cycooes for furtier separa, Clean coal 6 mm, as cyclones ovefiow, foes to dewatering and washing wile the underflow Fs wanpora to the vibatory seca used for sae, 374 Dewatering of the lean coal 60 mm sans on ‘he pimary sieve bend, with 0.25 mm openings, and ads on the dewatering and washing stem. Fine {lean oal 5-0 mam is Fansporte by Bel conveyor to the stockpile. Reet (High density material) fom the Pamany ‘burel and eyelones ae. delivered Oko vibrating sere for dewatenng and aferwans seu by conveyer wo the waste bin an then tothe wae Alump site eodng ofthe bare with autogenoas motu is performed party from tank "I", with fe pump, ed Partly gravatonally ftom the primary nd sevodary Fieve bend All surplus slime, whichis not necessary foe the prparion of aitogeanus ‘medi ie tolled inthe tank “B” and sent by pump into the thickener. Dense slury is afer thickening pumped tothe setting. ponds. Clarified war hom the thickener isreielatd into the process and itis used forrinsing of cle coal on second ha ef sree, “Ths designed epenitg of seve bends and Vibratory sereen for ine ei, was 0.5 mm. However, zalysss indicated thatthe 05+ 0.28 mm material may also be intodueed trio ckan coal die W_satisaciony ‘quality, 20 the screen opening was reduced to 0.25“uote 1.- Results of guarantee ess fr the Pars plant in Sogoving Paramcirs Ua Coarse Guaraty T z 3 Fest eaacigy a aa | ane | 5s w Feed size ves@mm | 2433 | 1137 | 2a | Oo | Ath cortent in raw coal) % ooo | 3000 | 2950} 22 [Ath cortent in clea coal (¥.£) % 1474 | 1758 | 9s | 2 retin 1.6 Un it shale % zis | 1x | 273 " Pulp density vn tie | 120 | 124 Separation density vat rss | ves | 163 [Capacity (on dry bass: Cease clean coal 6mm uh 6s7 | raz | 837 ine clan eo -640.25mmm, uh sis | sas Teta stale th ten | 1973 “Table 2- Parton numbers for-10040.5 mm coat Density Caleulatel feed Ceancoal ‘Sale Wise [Ah | WIM] Aahve | Pan. | Wie] AG% | Part No, No. Fate Be [oa a | Tos one | oom a Mais s30 | 1923 | 306 | toa | 9200 | om | torr | 800 1s-18 234 | 326 | a7 | 3300 | m9 | oar | 3125 | 2008, 16-17 212 | 3850 | a9 | 3729 | deo | 3 | ors | $330, Siok 13 sr | 553 | sux | 5329 | torr | sia | 5534 | a983 Fed | Woe [3180 | 605 | 185 3394 | S808 ‘Table 3 ~The view ofthe Parmy process parameter: for Yugosly eosle ‘ine | Capacily Products Dasiyat | MwA) ash wry th kel % % Hasenavae 33 ROM soa - 10> 0mm TOO) | 3696 (6736) |eean soal-100 + 0.5110 rso | vio | 2242 refise- 100+ 0 ram 2699 | 7257 Kev 130 ]ROM coal -100 Oa TOISAS (8736) _feean coal -100 +1 mr uso | sow | 1277 efse 100° Oram 3000 | 9500 Resin 120 |ROMsoal “1207 0mm 10000 [3535 (8736) _elean coal -120 +0.25mm 180 | 638 | 1138 efise~ 100+ Omum 3682 | 7656 Saco BORON eal 60+ 0mm T9000 | 3630 (736) |eean coal-60-+ 05 mm 17s | 6490 | i907 fuse 100 0 mm 3su0 | 71a? Piste 5 ]ROM coal 100 Om To090 | 338 (6736) lean sal -100 +0.5 mm 160 | 5439 | 1696 rfc 100'+ 0mm asar_| sim [Savaly 20 [ROM al 100 mim T9000 | 2680 (6736) | ean co -100 + 0.25 mm 170 | 7x90 | 1970 rfse 100'+ 0am 2700 | 5260 a84 OPERATIONAL RESULTS OF PARNABY PLANT INBOGOVINA, Soon afer the plant erection, tree guaranee tests were performed (Djckic 1989) and the obiined resull are given in Table 1, together with the ‘manufacturer guarantees which’ were based on he washablty stu. "Ar it can be seen fom the results of geurnice tests (Table 1, Bogovina mine was not able to provide the guaranteed feed coal, elder by sie oF ash conic but sil all. guaranteed parametes were Sonfimed, cxeey the capacity which was lower (GS.Sih) tea guararteed (60). Ath eoatent in ‘lean coal was slightly lower (ax. 19.98%) then fuaranteed by the mamifactrer aswell s the content ff clean cal in waste which was remarkably Tower 2.738 (1 1% wae guaranteed). Daring guaritee test, using wellknown methods, we have. abo analyzed the “100+0.San products by sink-floa tnd called the puribon numbers, shown in Table 2, while te panivon cuve is presented in Figure 2. From the parton cuve we got the separation density oot ‘Sp=l ium and then eleulted Eeartprobetle Ep ‘107, whichis very respectable resul fe this ype of ‘uipment, 5 APOLICATION OF THE PARNABY PLANT ON (OTHER YUGOSLAV COALS After very suscesful cleaning of brown coal in Paraby plant in Bopoviea, the interest for te application in other coal imines in Yugoslavia Epa 70-138)2-407 | partition number ais —. L213 14S 1617 1819 density cut, tm* Figure 2~ Parton cure increased. Motly, those are the brown coal snd lignite mines, with small preduction capacities {(10000"to- 400000" vy) with high ash and. clay Content in coal, whee the advantages of Pamshy plantare wdoutied. Density eu between 1.6and 18 ‘kgm’ should be faliled anda low ash content in ‘lean coal shoulent bea set demand, ‘On the bass of very postive experience with he Pacnaby plat ie Bogovina several ines contacted ‘Mining Institute in eer to perform invesigations recesary for the applicaion of Pasuby proce. Mining” Instn “tas developed a specie investigation mathodslogy for detemintion of necessary process parameters for validaion of Bamnhy receee (Djekic 1907) which givee very relate and acexrate data, According to resuls ofthese lhoratoey and semi- industrial investigation, eared on Jaseovac, Kov'n, Resarica, Soko, Pljevka and Stavalj coal, eenfirmed the applicability and conveniences of this process, while fealty studies showed the economical jlstiicaton of commissoning. Nain process araneiers determnedthugh performed Invesigations or mos’ Yugosly brown ane Hignte coalsare presented in Table. 6 CONCLUSION ‘The Start-up of the Paaby col cleaning plant, fist of iis kind in Yugoslavig have showed thats pplication for ROM cleaing a vory succor ‘The advantages of Pumaby process compared to ‘ther heavy media separation plants are obvious in the fllowing cases: ‘low plant capacity 40 do 80 (100) ube ‘cous with high ash and cay content 1 necessary detsity cut 1.6 do 1.8 ke/dm’ (but it "cn be ower) “+ when the clean coal is not expected to be for ‘mstallcal purposes. ‘+ lower energy and vater consumption per tone of ‘+ very fs plant erection (within3 to 4 weeks) Coat ievestigation methodology, doveleped at Mining lnsttute, provides a relable and accurate conclusion ofthe possibility of coal cleaning and justification of Paraby plant selection. 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