The EMS Energy Institute houses equipment for size reduction and classification of coal and biomass, and coal-water mixture (MCWM) preparation. These facilities are used to prepare coal, biomass, or CWM samples that range in quantities from grams to barrels for fundamental and applied research.
The equipment ranges in size from bench-top units to large pilot-scale facilities. Historically the facilities were installed to clean coal, dewater fine coal streams, or crush, pulverize, or process coal into CWM for combustion/gasification/emissions studies. In addition, some of the facilities are used for preparing biomass samples for analysis and testing.
Size Reduction and Classification
- Crushers from bench-top capabilities to 800 lb/h capacity
- Bico Braun bench-type jaw crushers
- Denver Equipment Co. pilot-scale jaw crusher (300 lb/h)
- Energy Institute fabricated lump buster
- American Pulverizer Co. pilot-scale roll crusher (350 lb/h)
- Straub adjustable plate mill (15-40 lb/h)
- Bench-top and pilot-scale pulverizers
- Holmes Model 300 pulverizer
- Holmes Model 501XL-S pulverizer
- Hosaka Micron Corp. variable speed air-swept mill
- American Pulverizer Co. Machine Number 15X9 hammermill
- Szegari 1S Recirculating Attritor Mill (bench scale)
- Szegari 15S Recirculating Attritor Mill (pilot scale)
- 2’x4’ continuous ball mill (125 lb/h)
- 1’x2’ continuous ball mill (15 lb/h)
- Booth Co. Model L-8 R-25-1 twin station batch ball mills (shot or rod)
- Bico Braun Standard Bond Work Index mill
- Hardgrove Grindability Index mill
- Variable speed air-swept pulverizer (350 lb/h)
- Retsch Model ZM 200 Ultra centrifugal mill
- Wiley Mill, Standard Model No. 3
- Derrick Model K-18 2-stage vibratory wet screener
- Gibson Equipment Co. Model TS-1 multi-sieve mechanical separator
- Tyler Ro-Tap machines
- Sonic sifter
Coal-Water Mixture Preparation and Handling
- H. Day Co. variable speed ribbon mixer (350 lb capacity)
- Mixing tanks (100 to 1,000 gallon capacity)
- Mixers, electric and pneumatic
- Progressive cavity pumps
- Double-diaphragm pumps
- Mass flow meters